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who were randomly assigned to different temperatures in a laboratory. We find that most dimensions of decision-making are …
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the impact of the weather on purchasing decisions. We find that the choice to purchase a convertible, a 4-wheel drive, or … a vehicle that is black in color is highly dependent on the weather at the time of purchase in a way that is …
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We document that prior portfolio choices influence investors' expectations about asset values, and their future choices. We find that people update more from information consistent with their prior choices, leading to sticky portfolios over time. These effects are related to how the brain's...
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revisiting prior choices, can lead to decision errors. This paper explores the enrollment decisions of Medicare beneficiaries in …
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no action at a decision point. Consumers may face automatic renewal, automatic switching, or non-purchase defaults …
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allocations is not rejected in models that allow more than two household members to have agency in decision-making. In contrast … decision-making within complex households.Institutional subscribers to the NBER working paper series, and residents of …
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We examine how 17 behavioral biases relate to each other, to other decision inputs, and to decision outputs. Most … personality traits—with some expected exceptions. Accounting for this correlation structure, we reduce our 29 decision inputs to … this taxonomy for various approaches to modeling influences of behavioral biases on decision making …
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in California and show it decreased registration rates. Similarly, a "field in the lab" experiment run on actual organ …
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In this paper we analyze the problem of whether and/or when to replace a leader (agent) when no monetary rewards are available, and it is the leader's competence rather than effort that is being evaluated. The only decisions that the leader takes over time are whether to undertake risky but...
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-scale randomized field experiment in which research subjects having difficulty making a decision flipped a coin to help determine their …
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