longitudinal experiment over four weeks, individuals have to complete a cumbersome task of unknown length. They are exposed to … (motivated procrastination) turns out to be robust to accounting for decision-makers' time preferences and emotional responses …, and looms largest for decision makers who tend to not acquire information that may include negative news. …

for this notion of ‘motivated procrastination’. In a longitudinal experiment over four weeks, individuals must complete a …

. We find that the firm encourages social learning for a greater range of beliefs and has greater expected revenue when it … faces consumers that can delay their purchase decision versus when they can't …

are information seeking otherwise. Because belief updating depends on the decision problem in which new information is …

psychology experiments where subjects were often swayed by the behaviour of others to an extraordinary degree, but there is …

-negative learning cost and spending one period. If the agent has time-consistent preferences, she always chooses to learn whenever the … learning is beneficial. If the agent has time-inconsistent preferences, however, she may procrastinate such a learning …), the procrastination of learning can occur even when the learning cost is zero. The procrastination also leads to a non …