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In this paper we analyze a large sample of individual responses to six lottery questions. Wederive a simultaneous estimate of risk aversion ? and the time preference discount rate ? perindividual. This can be done because the consumption of a large prize is smoothed over a largertime period. It...
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emotions. This conjecture is tested in an experiment with real lottery tickets. We show that our theoretical considerations may …
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experiments. Contrary to the traditional view of expected utility theory, the choices can be explained in large part by previous … outcomes or surpassed by favorable outcomes. Our results point to reference-dependent choice theories such as prospect theory …
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From the viewpoint of the independence axiom of expected utility theory, an interesting empirical dynamic choice …
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-down" model of executive optimization. Others, like salience theory, assume a "bottom-up" influence where attention is driven by …-specific and decisionspecific variation in attention and verify our framework in an eye-tracking experiment on risky choice. We … aversion. We discuss the insights regarding the nature of attention and its role in economic theory. …
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The value of travel time plays an important role in cost benefit analysis of infrastructureprojects. However, the issue of uncertainty on travel times and the implications this has forestimations of travel time values has received much less attention in the literature. In thispaper we compare...
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