- A-Z
- Jena Economic Resea...
- Volume 5
- An experimental ana...
- Abgebildete Person
- Erschienen
- 22. Dezember 2011
- Nummer des Discussion-Papers
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2011-065
- Schlagwort(e)
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behavioral economics
behavioral information systems
bounded rationality
cognitive tracing
experimental design
information retrieval
stability of attitudes and behavior
- Zusammenfsg.
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The paradigm of bounded rationality considers the limited ability of individuals to make consistent and rational choices. Due to the scarcity of research on this phenomenon in information systems, we conducted an experimental study investigating decision-making regarding risk preferences and social preferences. Moreover, we explored the stability of these preferences under different conditions and uncovered the role of information retrieval in individual decision-making. We find that although individuals are generally risk-averse and egoistic, none of these preferences is stable under the conditions tested which provides indices of boundedly rational decision-making. Although the information retrieved by participants generally allows to infer their preferences, the increasing amount and complexity of this information again often results in boundedly rational behavior.
- article pub. typess JER
- Research article
- article languages JER
- Englisch
- JEL-Classification for JER
- C19 - Other ; C91 - Laboratory, Individual Behavior ; D0 - General; D81 - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty