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We challenge the standard definition of economic rationality as consistency by making use of a novel distinction … evidence raises doubts about the choice of language that equates consistency with rationality in economics. …
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"Making Better Decisions introduces readers to some of the principal aspects of decision theory, and examines how these might lead us to make better decisions.[bullet] Introduces readers to key aspects of decision theory and examines how they might help us make better decisions[bullet]...
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This paper proposes a model of attention allocation in decision-making. Attention has various definitions across the literature. Here, I understand attention as selecting information for costly processing. The paper investigates how an agent rationally allocates attention. The resulting...
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An agent wants to derive her belief over outcomes based on past observations collected in her database (memory). There is well establish evidence in the psychology and marketing literature that agents consistently fail (or choose not) to process all available information. An agent might be...
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