Essays in Behavioral Economics

Essays in this dissertation cover three topics in behavioral economics: social preferences, ambiguity aversion and self-control. The first essay, based on work with Aurelie Ouss, studies the behavior of individuals making decisions to punish norm violators. It addresses two types of questions. First...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Peysakhovich, Alexander
Other Authors: Fudenberg, Drew
Language:en_US
Published: Harvard University 2013
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Online Access:http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:10686
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:10403671