Arbeitspapier

Estimating Present Bias and Sophistication over Effort and Money

We design and implement the first real-effort experiment that can jointly estimate present bias (Ø) and sophistication (bØ), with separate preference parameters for money (Øm, bØm) and effort (Øe, bØe). In our study, participants chose to (and predicted to) complete 14% (and 10%) fewer tasks on the same day than on a future day, leading to an estimated Øe between 0.70 and .79 (and bØe between 0.80 and .88). Participants chose to (and predicted to) complete 2% (and 2%) fewer tasks when the payment happened on the same day than on a future date, implying insignificant present bias or sophistication over money. At the individual-level, estimates of Øe and bØe are highly correlated but that of Øm and bØm are uncorrelated. We explain and illustrate how assuming identical preferences for money and effort, biases the estimates of key preference parameters.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Working Paper ; No. 359

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Design of Experiments: Laboratory, Individual
Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
Micro-Based Behavioral Economics: General‡
Thema
time preferences
present bias
sophistication

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Cerrone, Claudia
Chakraborty, Anujit
Kim, Hyok Jung
Lades, Leonhard K.
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
University of California, Department of Economics
(wo)
Davis, CA
(wann)
2023

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Cerrone, Claudia
  • Chakraborty, Anujit
  • Kim, Hyok Jung
  • Lades, Leonhard K.
  • University of California, Department of Economics

Entstanden

  • 2023

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