This paper presents some of the first large-scale survey evidence linking optimism to major economic choices. We create a novel measure of optimism using the Survey of Consumer Finance by comparing a person's self-reported life expectancy to that implied by statistical tables. Optimists are more...

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Dedication -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Behavioral Innovation: Remembering the Human -- Chapter 2: The Brave New Workshop: A Journey of Fear and Discovery -- Exploring Expansion -- Enter Corporate Services -- The Future Is...

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According to construal level theory (CLT) [Trope, Y., & Liberman, N. (2003) Temporal construal. Physical Review, 110, 403-421], psychological representation of information depends on "psychological distance", that is, on whether the relevant information refers to the near or distant...