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Among the reasons behind the choice behavior of an individual taking a stochastic form are her potential indifference or indecisiveness between certain alternatives, and/or her willingness to experiment in the sense of occasionally deviating from choosing a best alternative in order to give a...
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Beliefs are a central determinant of behavior. Recent models assume that beliefs about or the anticipation of future consumption have direct utilityconsequences. This gives rise to informational preferences, i.e., preferences over the timing and structure of information. Using a novel and...
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consumption have direct utility-consequences. This gives rise to informational preferences, i.e., preferences over the timing and …
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consumption have direct utility-consequences. This gives rise to informational preferences, i.e., preferences over the timing and …
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consumption have direct utility consequences. This gives rise to informational preferences, i.e., preferences over the timing and …
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We investigate the possibility that a decision-maker prefers to avoid making a decision and instead delegates it to an …, which contradicts most theories of choice such as expected utility but is consistent with a theory of responsibility …
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prompted to abandon her prior. However, potential posteriors may induce her to take actions that generate a lower utility in … posteriors lead to larger utility than the prior. In choosing her belief, the agent optimally trades off these psychological … are information seeking otherwise. Because belief updating depends on the decision problem in which new information is …
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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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exist in decision making. The study also tries to recognize the prime factors responsible for directing the consumer …’s purchasing decision towards the commodity. The study finds out that the Behavioural traits influence the decision-making approach … while purchasing the commodity and how prominent factors direct the consumer decision …
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