Beliefs are a central determinant of behavior. Recent models assume that beliefs about or the anticipation of future …, however, is not uniform but depends on context. When the environment allows subjects to not focus attention on (negative …

Beliefs are a central determinant of behavior. Recent models assume that beliefs about or the anticipation of future …, however, is not uniform but depends on context. When the environment allows subjects to not focus attention on (negative …

and treat correlated information as independent. In consequence, people's beliefs are excessively sensitive to well …-connected information sources, implying a pattern of "overshooting" beliefs. Additionally, in an experimental asset market, correlation …

It is widely hypothesized that anxiety and worry about an uncertain future lead to the adoption of comforting beliefs …

when individuals derive anticipatory utility from holding motivated, overly optimistic beliefs about the workload they need … for motivated reasoning allows workers to hold substantially more optimistic beliefs and identify a causal link between … the exogenous variation in beliefs and the deferral of work to the future. This systematic belief-based delay of work …

anticipatory utility from holding optimistic beliefs about their future effort costs. This study provides a rigorous empirical test … beliefs among workers, which causally increase the deferral of work to the future. The roots for biased beliefs stem from …