Desirability and information processing: An experimental study

Alexander Gotthard-Real

doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2017.01.012

Desirability and information processing: An experimental study

Alexander Gotthard-Real

Department of Business

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Abstract

I study, in an experimental setting, how individuals process news regarding the likelihood of an event that is desirable, but not ego-relevant. I hypothesize that individuals biasedly favor good news over bad news, but find no support for this hypothesis.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	96-99
Number of pages	4
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	152
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2017.01.012
State	Published - 01 Mar 2017

Keywords

Bayes’ rule
Belief updating
Optimism
Wishful thinking

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