The impact of agency on time and risk preferences

Scholars have long argued for the central role of agency—the size of one’s opportunity set—in the human experience, but there has been little work on how a sense of agency affects behavior. We demonstrate that increasing agency leads to greater patience and risk tolerance, even if these new opportun...

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Autores principales: Ayelet Gneezy, Alex Imas, Ania Jaroszewicz
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:1f7be3316235485bbbadec5cc691ddac2021-12-02T14:49:16ZThe impact of agency on time and risk preferences10.1038/s41467-020-16440-02041-1723https://doaj.org/article/1f7be3316235485bbbadec5cc691ddac2020-05-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16440-0https://doaj.org/toc/2041-1723Scholars have long argued for the central role of agency—the size of one’s opportunity set—in the human experience, but there has been little work on how a sense of agency affects behavior. We demonstrate that increasing agency leads to greater patience and risk tolerance, even if these new opportunities are not exercised.Ayelet GneezyAlex ImasAnia JaroszewiczNature PortfolioarticleScienceQENNature Communications, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2020)
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The impact of agency on time and risk preferences
description Scholars have long argued for the central role of agency—the size of one’s opportunity set—in the human experience, but there has been little work on how a sense of agency affects behavior. We demonstrate that increasing agency leads to greater patience and risk tolerance, even if these new opportunities are not exercised.
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