Whereas it is well established that changing motivation can affect behavior, we pose the
opposite question: can changing behavior alter motivation? We examine three phenomena …

Do people know their own risk preferences, or do risk choices change with experience and
observation? We provide a straightforward test in the laboratory. People make an initial …

Widespread evidence from psychology and neuroscience documents that previous choices
unconditionally increase the later desirability of chosen objects, even if those choices were …

Widespread global grassland destruction motivates restoration efforts. However, little
research on public preferences exists to inform restoration decisions, and reduced exposure …

Community support for climate change adaptation projects markedly benefits effective
protection. A relevant driver of community support is the perceived attribution of …

We provide an axiomatic characterization of Bayesian updating, viewed as a mapping from
prior beliefs and new information to posteriors, which is disentangled from any reference to …

Choice Blindness occurs when individuals fail to notice a mismatch between their stated
preference and the outcome of their choice. While it is prevalent in areas of considerable …

This paper models and analyzes the role of cognition in the refinement of preferences and
choices. As cognition increases, choices become more selective, resulting in narrower sets …

Migrant remittances are significant but remain relatively costly to send. Policymakers have
argued that fintech, specifically, comparison websites like kayak. com but for sending …

We propose a framework for the analysis of choice behaviour when the latter is made
explicitly in chronological order. We relate this framework to the traditional choice theoretic …