An investigation of individual preferences: consistency across incentives and stability over time
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Keywords
Individual preference; hypothetical bias; time inconsistency; discrete choice experiments; charitable donations;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
- D11 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Theory
- D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
- H40 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - General
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CBE-2012-04-10 (Cognitive and Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-DCM-2012-04-10 (Discrete Choice Models)
- NEP-EXP-2012-04-10 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-UPT-2012-04-10 (Utility Models and Prospect Theory)
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