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Dynamic decision making: what do people do?
- Source :
- Journal of Risk & Uncertainty; Apr2011, Vol. 42 Issue 2, p85-123, 39p
- Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- Potentially dynamically-inconsistent individuals create particular problems for economics, as their behaviour depends upon whether and how they attempt to resolve their potential inconsistency. This paper reports on the results of a new experiment designed to help us distinguish between the different types that may exist. We classify people into four types: myopic, naïve, resolute and sophisticated. We implement a new and simple experimental design in which subjects are asked to take two sequential decisions (interspersed by a random move by Nature) concerning the allocation of a given sum of money. The resulting data enables us to classify the subjects. We find that the majority are resolute, a significant few are sophisticated, rather few are naïve and similarly few are myopic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 08955646
- Volume :
- 42
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Risk & Uncertainty
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 59260276
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11166-011-9114-4