People often form good intentions that never reach fruition. New Year's resolutions, promises, and assurances are often quickly forgotten before they have a chance to influence behavior. Intentions are particularly ineffective when forgetting, procrastination, or distraction from other goals or...

Marketers routinely make use of stated consumer preferences and the relative attribute-importance weights implied by these preferences when making decisions on issues such as advertising messages and product design. Using this information as a basis for managerial decision making is risky,...

We study the impact of gender on asset allocation recommendations. Graduate business students and professional wealth managers are randomly assigned a male or female client. Participants recommend an allocation and choose an allocation for themselves. Male students choose a riskier allocation...

Marketers routinely make use of stated consumer preferences and the relative attribute importance weights implied by these preferences when making decisions on issues such as advertising messages and product design. Using this information as a basis for managerial decision-making is risky,...