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Unsure what the future will bring? You may overindulge: Uncertainty increases the appeal of wants over shoulds

Milkman, Katherine L. - In: Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 119 (2012) 2, pp. 163-176

This paper examines the effect of uncertainty about the future on whether individuals select want options (e.g., junk … uncertainty about what the future may bring reduces self-control resources and increases individuals’ tendency to favor want … options over should options. These results persist when real uncertainty is induced, when the salience of naturally …

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Does Self-Control Depletion Affect Risk Attitudes?

Gerhardt, Holger; Schildberg-Hörisch, Hannah; … - 2015

A core prediction of recent "dual-self" models is that a person's risk attitudes depend on her current level of self-control. While these models have received a lot of attention, empirical studies tailored to testing their core prediction are lacking. Using two prominent models, we derive...

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Lying under self-control depletion and time pressure

Kandul, Serhiy; Naguleswaran, Apshara - 2019

Dealing with temptations requires self-control. If lying for money constitutes a temptation, restricting people's self-control resources would enhance unethical behavior. We argue that the effect of the selfcontrol on lying depends on two things: 1) easiness to grasp the opportunity to lie, and...

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The effect of self-control on borrowing: Experimental evidence

Grohmann, Antonia; Hamdan, Jana S. - 2020

This paper examines the effect of reduced self-control on debt-taking in a laboratory experiment. We manipulate self-control using an ego depletion task and show that it is effective. Following the ego depletion task, participants can anonymously buy hot drinks on credit. We find no significant...

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The effect of self-control and financial literacy on impulsive borrowing: Experimental evidence

Grohmann, Antonia; Hamdan, Jana S. - 2021

This paper examines the effect of reduced self-control on impulsive borrowing in a laboratory experiment. We manipulate self-control using an ego depletion task and show that it is effective. Following the ego depletion task, participants can anonymously buy hot drinks on credit. We find no...

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