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Motivational goal bracketing : an experiment
Koch, Alexander K.; Nafziger, Julia - 2017
We study in an online, real-effort experiment how the bracketing of non-binding goals affects performance in a work-leisure self-control problem. We externally induce the goal bracket - daily goals or a weekly goal - and within that bracket let subjects set goals for how much they want to work...
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Tying Odysseus to the mast : evidence from a commitment savings product in the Philippines
Ashraf, Nava; Karlan, Dean; Yin, Wesley - 2005
We designed a commitment savings product for a Philippine bank and implemented it using a randomized control methodology. The savings product was intended for individuals who want to commit now to restrict access to their savings, and who were sophisticated enough to engage in such a mechanism....
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Beliefs as a means of self-control? : evidence from a dynamic student survey
Bönisch, Felix; König, Tobias; … - 2024
We repeatedly elicit beliefs about the returns to study effort, in a large university course. A behavioral model of quasi-hyperbolic discounting and malleable beliefs predicts that the dynamics of beliefs mirrors the importance of exerting self-control, such that believed returns increase as the...
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Limited self-control and long-run growth
Strulik, Holger - 2013
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Present-focused preferences and sin goods consumption at the extensive and intensive margins
Kalamov, Zarko Y.; Runkel, Marco - 2020
, the strength of temptation and the cost of self-control do not affect the extensive margin. Hence, present …
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Procrastination, academic success and the effectiveness of a remedial program
De Paola, Maria; Scoppa, Vincenzo - 2014
Procrastination produces harmful effects for human capital investments and studying activities. Using data from a large … sample of Italian undergraduates, we measure procrastination with the actual behaviour of students, considering the delay in … finalizing their university enrolment procedure. We firstly show that procrastination is a strong predictor of students …
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Procrastination and learning about self-control
Christensen, Else Gry Bro; Murooka, Takeshi - 2019
), the procrastination of learning can occur even when the learning cost is zero. The procrastination also leads to a non …
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Intertemporal efficiency and equity under hyperbolic preferences : ex ante versus ex post procrastination
Winkler, Ralph - 2004
structural change from a polluting to a non polluting production sector into the future (ex ante procrastination). The … consequences of ex ante procrastination are discussed for three different behavioral patterns. I show that, depending on the … assumed behavioral regime, ex ante procrastination may lead to ex post procrastination, i.e. de facto no investment in the non …
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Sophisticated and nai͏̈ve procrastination : an experimental study
Cerrone, Claudia; Lades, Leonhard K. - 2017
The model of time-inconsistent procrastination by O'Donoughe and Rabin shows that individuals who are not aware of …
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Who is a passive saver under opt-in and auto-enrollment?
Goda, Gopi Shah; Levy, Matthew; Flaherty Manchester, … - 2019
Defaults have been shown to have a powerful effect on retirement saving behavior yet there is limited research on who is most affected by defaults and whether this varies based on features of the choice environment. Using administrative data on employer-sponsored retirement accounts linked to...
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