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The psychological basis for rank-dependent probability weighting, and for an inverse-S probability weighting function (PWF) in particular, has often been questioned. I examine the existence and shape of the PWF in a model allowing for optimism/pessimism over probability distributions and for...
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do not systematically deviate from reverse Bayesianism, but they do not seem to expect an unknown event when this is …
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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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, likelihood insensitivity, and the magnitude of decision errors. These parameters are very heterogeneous in the population. At the … close to the behavior of expected utility maximizers. Two types are characterized by high likelihood insensitivity; one of …
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analyze the connection between the decision of a potential tax evader, the number of tax evaders and the number caught in … previous periods. General conditions exist under which any expected utility maximizing tax evaders will decide to emulate other …
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A donation may have ambiguous costs or ambiguous benefits. Behavior in a laboratory experiment suggests that individuals use this ambiguity strategically as a moral wiggle room to act less generously without feeling guilty. Such excuse-driven behavior is more pronounced when the costs of a...
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In this paper we report on the trade-offs that 1,068 Australian university students make between absolute income and the rank of that income in hypothetical income distributions. We find that income rank matters independently of absolute income, with greater weight given to rank by males,...
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This paper examines the effects of alternative assumptions regarding the curvature of utility upon estimated discount … the Holt and Laury method for risk. The results demonstrate that utility elicited directly from choice over time is … significantly concave, but far closer to linear than utility elicited under risk. As a result, the effect of adjusting discount …
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Residential mobility rates in the U.S. have fallen considerably over the past three decades. The cause of the long-term decline remains largely unexplained. In this paper we investigate the relative importance of alternative drivers of residential mobility, including job opportunities,...
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Many theories of residential mobility contend that individuals express a sequence of moving desires, intentions and expectations prior to moving. Much research has investigated how individuals form these pre-move thoughts, with a largely separate literature examining actual mobility. Only a few...
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