Procrastination is often attributed to time-inconsistent preferences but may also arise when individuals derive anticipatory utility from holding optimistic beliefs about their future effort costs. This study provides a rigorous empirical test for this notion of 'motivated procrastination'. In a...

Procrastination is often attributed to time-inconsistent preferences but may also arise when individuals derive anticipatory utility from holding optimistic beliefs about their future effort costs. This study provides a rigorous empirical test for this notion of ‘motivated procrastination’....

Der Einsatz zunehmend autonomer und kollaborativer agierender sozialer Roboter oder Cobots kann und sollte als Chance für die menschengerechte Gestaltung von mit Technologien angereicherten Arbeitsplätzen verstanden werden. Dazu gilt es, den Einsatz menschzentriert zu gestalten und unter...

Traditionally, economic models have attributed procrastination to present bias. However, procrastination may also arise when individuals derive anticipatory utility from holding motivated, overly optimistic beliefs about the workload they need to complete. This study provides a rigorous...