Attribution bias in economic decision making /
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| Author / Creator: | Haggag, Kareem, author. |
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| Imprint: | 2016. Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2016 |
| Description: | 1 electronic resource (68 pages) |
| Language: | English |
| Format: | E-Resource Dissertations |
| Local Note: | School code: 0330 |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11674610 |
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| 500 | |a Advisors: Devin Pope; John List Committee members: Marianne Bertrand; Richard Thaler. | ||
| 502 | |b Ph.D. |c University of Chicago, Booth School of Business |d 2016. | ||
| 510 | 4 | |a Dissertation Abstracts International, |c Volume: 77-12(E), Section: A. | |
| 520 | |a When judging the value of a good, people may be overly influenced by the state in which they previously consumed it. For example, someone who tries out a new restaurant while very hungry may subsequently rate it as high quality, even if the food is mediocre. We produce a simple framework for this form of attribution bias that embeds a standard model of decision making as a special case. We test for attribution bias across two consumer decisions. First, we conduct an experiment in which we randomly manipulate the thirst of participants prior to consuming a new drink. Second, using data from thousands of amusement park visitors, we explore how pleasant weather during their most recent trip affects their stated likelihood of returning. In both of these domains, we find evidence that people misattribute the influence of a temporary state to a stable quality of the consumption good. We provide evidence against several alternative accounts for our findings and discuss the broader implications of attribution bias in economic decision making. | ||
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| 720 | 1 | |a Devin Pope |e degree supervisor. | |
| 720 | 1 | |a John List |e degree supervisor. | |
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