Savings, subgoals, and reference points

Decision makers often save money for a specific goal by forgoing discretionary consumption and instead putting the money toward the savings goal. We hypothesized that reference points can be exploited to enhance this type of saving. In two hypothetical scenario studies, subjects made judgments of th...

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Main Authors: Helen Colby, Gretchen B. Chapman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Society for Judgment and Decision Making 2013-01-01
Series:Judgment and Decision Making
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Online Access:http://journal.sjdm.org/12/12327/jdm12327.pdf