changing preferences and focusing attention. The resulting Limited Attention Status Quo Bias model can explain both the finding … both attention and preference channels are necessary to explain the impact of status quo on choice. …

attention in ways that distort decision-making and trap people in poverty? We examine these issues using real-life shocks faced … reallocate attention to scarce-resource tasks. These results broaden our understanding of the impacts of uncertainty by exploring …

We propose a model of competitive attention based on two key premises: i) People have limited information processing …

information on whether the searching worker is employed or unemployed as a hiring criterion. We show theoretically that ranking by …. More prevalent ranking in Europe compared to the US - because of more rigid wage structures etc. - could potentially help …

The ranking of colleges varies both across methods and model specifications. Still, earnings equations tend to be …. Moreover, there are no systematic differences in the ranking of colleges dependent on the age of the college, i.e. old versus … new colleges. Although ranking by earnings equations provide some information about the relation to earnings, endogeneity …