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When people decide about saving and consumption across the various periods of their life time they take into account their life expectancy when comparing present and future needs and resources for satisfying them. The experimental design, applied at two sites (Humboldt-University at Berlin and...
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We propose a broadly applicable empirical approach to classify individuals as time-consistent versus native or sophisticated regarding their self-control limitations. Operationalizing our approach based on nationally representative data reveals that self-control problems are pervasive and that...
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by many theories of choice and implies that the decision-maker prefers receiving the best outcome for sure over all … treatments where decision-makers are asked to submit multiple decisions without knowing which one is relevant, many participants … decision. A large data set on (high-stake) university applications in Germany shows patterns that are consistent with a …
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