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Yesterday's Expectation of Tomorrow Determines What You Do Today: The Role of Reference-Dependent Utility from Expectations
2008
Social Science Research Network
The paper introduces the concept of adjustment utility, that is, reference-dependent utility from expectations. It offers an explanation for observed preferences that cannot be explained with existing models, and yields new predictions for individual decision making. The model gives a simple explanation for, e.g., why people are reluctant to change their plans even when these turn out to be unexpectedly costly; people's aversion towards positive but false information, which cannot be explained
doi:10.2139/ssrn.920997
fatcat:btffwwh4frcndm4luvjolco6hq