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The notion of choice inconsistency is widely spread in the literature on behavioral economics. Several approaches were used to account for the observation that people reverse their choices over time. This paper aims to explain the formation of resolutions regarded as internal self-binding...
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Loewenstein (1996, 2005) identifies an intrapersonal empathy gap. In the respective experiments, subjects make choices with delayed consequences. When entering the state where these consequences would unfold, they get the possibility to revise their initial choice. Revisions are more substantial...
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Weak paternalism commits protégés to their own plans. This experiment addresses the question of whether protégés judge …
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We investigate experimentally whether the protégés' reaction to paternalism depends on the consequences of the paternalistic action to their well-being. We find that protégé punish a paternalist restricting their freedom of choice. Yet, this negative reaction is not based on principled...
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We examine in an experiment the causes, consequences and possible cures of myopic loss aversion (MLA) for investment …
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making in teams. I find in an investment experiment that individual decisions with salient group membership are largely the …
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Absentmindedness is a special case of imperfect recall which according to Piccione and Rubinstein (1997a) leads to time inconsistencies. Aumann, Hart and Perry (1997a) question their argument and show how dynamic inconsistencies can be resolved. The present paper explores this issue from a...
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Absentmindedness is a special case of imperfect recall which according to Piccione and Rubinstein (1997a) leads to time inconsistencies. Aumann, Hart and Perry (1997a) question their argument and show how dynamic inconsistencies can be resolved. The present paper explores this issue from a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008511322
We examine in an experiment the causes, consequences and possible cures of myopic loss aversion (MLA) for investment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005090568
making in teams. I find in an investment experiment that individual decisions with salient group membership are largely the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005032010