We examine whether biases identified in the behavioral-economics literature apply in decision-making for others (DMfO …). We conduct a laboratory experiment in which subjects make decision on behalf of themselves and others in eighteen tasks …

individual models presented in his theory of marriage. Decision-making models assuming independent individual household members …Much of the recent literature in household economics has been critical of unitary models of household decision … discusses another alternative: independent individual models of decision-making that don't make any specific assumptions of …

We empirically study the determinants of intra-household decision power with respect to economic and financial choices …'s characteristics in terms of age, education, and income. The main conclusion is that decision-making power over family economics is not …

In this study we test predictions from Unconscious Thought Theory (UTT) that unconscious thought will lead to better … decision making in complex decision tasks relative to conscious thought. Different from prior work testing this prediction, we … processing in complex decision making …