In economic theory, utility depends on past, present and future outcomes. The experiment described in this paper … suggests that utility also depends on people's attitudes, and that it can easily be manipulated through these attitudes. The … results imply, first, that purely outcome-based models of individual utility may be incomplete. Second, that reference …

We study time preferences in a real-effort experiment with a one-month horizon. We report that two thirds of choices …

We conduct a laboratory experiment with a constant-sum sender–receiver game and a sequential game of matching pennies …

laboratory experiment to study the elements and dynamics of this type of institution. Peer-to-peer reciprocity is important, and … having the ability to practice targeted reciprocity in our experiment increases contributions to the public good by 14 …

candidate is expectations: what people expect could affect how they feel about what actually occurs. In a real-effort experiment …

candidate is expectations: what people expect could affect how they feel about what actually occurs. In a real-effort experiment …

candidate is expectations: what people expect could affect how they feel about what actually occurs. In a real-effort experiment …