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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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In economic theory, utility depends on past, present and future outcomes. The experiment described in this paper … suggests that utility also depends on people’s attitudes, and that it can easily be manipulated through these attitudes. The … results imply, first, that purely outcome-based models of individual utility may be incomplete. Second, that reference …
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Are individuals always better off when their preferences can be represented by expected utility?I study this question …-run by expected utility maximisers with the share they would receive if their preferences were described by prospect theory … preferences instead when, in either case, they bargain with expected utility maximisers. I present a necessary and sufficient …
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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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or indecisiveness between certain alternatives, and/or her willingness to experiment in the sense of occasionally …
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