Search Results - subject:"Preference Reversals"

Intertemporal Choice and the Magnitude Effect

Noor, Jawwad - Department of Economics, Boston University - 2010

A robust finding in experiments on time preference is the magnitude effect: subjects tend to be more patient towards larger rewards. Using a calibration theorem, we argue against standard curvature-based explanations for the finding. We axiomatize a model of preferences over dated rewards that...

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Valuing Money and Things: Why a $20 Item Can Be Worth More and Less Than $20

McGraw, A. Peter; Shafir, Eldar; Todorov, Alexander - In: Management Science 56 (2010) 5, pp. 816-830

certainty and impossibility), which, among other things, can yield preference reversals. Generalizing on earlier work that …

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Preference reversals in evaluations of cash versus non-cash incentives

Shaffer, Victoria A.; Arkes, Hal R. - In: Journal of Economic Psychology 30 (2009) 6, pp. 859-872

Data are presented from six experiments that demonstrate preference reversals for cash versus non-cash incentives. When … non-cash incentive; these findings were replicated with "real" monetary incentives. Preference reversals were partially … non-cash incentives. Preference reversals were caused by two factors: a shift in the dominant attribute under …

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Measurement of Preferences and the Economic Importance of Preference Reversals

Gigliotti, Gary; Sopher, Barry - 1998

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Hyperbolic Discounting and the Standard Model

Noor, Jawwad - Department of Economics, Boston University - 2007

: preference reversals, dynamic inconsistency, hyperbolic discounting, magnitude e¤ect, sign e¤ect, delay-speedup asymmetry etc. It …

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Temptation, Welfare and Revealed Preference

Noor, Jawwad - Department of Economics, Boston University - 2007

by the evidence on preference reversals, it is hypothesized that delayed temptations are easier to resist than immediate …

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Temptation, Welfare and Revealed Preference

Noor, Jawwad - Department of Economics, Boston University - 2006

. Motivated by the evidence on preference reversals, it is hypothesized that delayed temptations are easier to resist than …

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Commitment and Self-Control

Noor, Jawwad - Department of Economics, Boston University - 2005

preference reversals supports temptation by future consumption, and suggests that it may not be restricted to short time horizons. . …

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Commitment and Self-Control

Noor, Jawwad - EconWPA - 2005

preference reversals supports temptation by future consumption, and suggests that it may not be restricted to short time horizons. …

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Temptation, Welfare and Revealed Preference

Noor, Jawwad - EconWPA - 2005

introduced. Motivated by the evidence on preference reversals, it is hypothesized that delayed temptations are easier to resist …

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