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Commitment and Self-Control [PDF]
The literature on self-control problems has typically concentrated on immediate temptations. This paper studies a Gul and Pesendorfer (2001, 2004) style model in which decision-makers are affected by temptations that lie in the future.
Jawwad Noor
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Preference Reversal, Real-World Lotteries, and Lottery-Interested Subjects [PDF]
Preference reversal, or choice/reservation-price inconsistency, has been documented experimentally for certain types of lotteries. We argue that the relevance of these findings for real-world markets is uncertain because the type of objects used cannot ...
Hans Lind, Peter Bohm
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Journal of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America: Background: Paralytic agents are occasionally used during the surgical treatment of type III (OTA 13A2) supracondylar humerus fractures (SCHFx) in children depending on surgeon preference. Paralytic agents create a neuromuscular blockade and therefore
John A. Schlechter, DO +6 more
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On the Evaluation of Economic Mobility [PDF]
This paper provides an explicit welfare basis for evaluating economic mobility. Our social welfare function can be seen as a natural dynamic extension of the static social welfare function presented in Atkinson and Bourguignon (1982). Unlike Atkinson and
Enrico Spolaore, Peter Gottschalk
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Majallah-i Dānishgāh-i ’Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Īlām, 2018 Introduction: In this study, we investigated the hypothesis of whether short term and moderate intense treadmill exercise could lead to a sustained reversal of peripheral neuropathy induced cold aversion by activation of endogenous opioidergic systems ...
Emad Khalilzadeh +5 more
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This paper introduces a tractable, structural model of subjective beliefs. Since agents that plan for the future care about expected future utility flows, current felicity can be increased by believing that better outcomes are more likely.
Jonathan A. Parker +1 more
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When Judgments and Preferences Fail to Conform: Research on Preference Reversals for Product Purchases [PDF]
In this paper, the preference reversal phenomenon known from risk research is investigated according to which subjects prefer gamble A over B in competitive decisions although they reveal higher valuations in terms of a cash equivalent (CE) or a ...
Bodo Vogt +2 more
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Manipulating decision making of typical agents
, 2014 We investigate how the choice of decision makers can be varied under the presence of risk and uncertainty. Our analysis is based on the approach we have previously applied to individual decision makers, which we now generalize to the case of decision ...
Sornette, D., Yukalov, V. I.
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Impatience, Anticipatory Feelings and Uncertainty: A Dynamic Experiment on Time Preferences [PDF]
We study time preferences in a real-effort experiment with a one-month horizon. We report that two thirds of choices suggest negative time preferences. Moreover, choice reversal over time is common even if temptation plays no role. We propose and measure
Davide Dragone, Marco Casari
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