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

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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.

Idioma original	Inglés
Páginas (desde-hasta)	96-99
Número de páginas	4
Publicación	Economics Letters
Volumen	152
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2017.01.012
Estado	Publicada - 01 mar. 2017

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