We analyze a dynamic pricing problem where consumer's purchase decisions are a ected by representative past prices, summarized in a reference price. We propose a new, behaviorally motivated reference price mechanism, based on the peak-end memory model proposed by Kahneman et al. (1993). Speci...

Most studies of gender discrimination consider how male versus female candidates are assessed given otherwise identical information about them. But, in many settings of interest, evaluators have a choice about how much information to acquire about a candidate before making a final assessment. We...

Procrastination is often attributed to time-inconsistent preferences but may also arise when individuals derive anticipatory utility from holding optimistic beliefs about their future effort costs. This study provides a rigorous empirical test for this notion of ‘motivated procrastination’....