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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2011
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
ESMT Working Paper No. 11-09
Verlag: 
European School of Management and Technology (ESMT), Berlin
Zusammenfassung: 
We model self-control conflict as a stochastic struggle of an agent against a visceral influence, which impels the agent to act sub-optimally. The agent holds costly pre-commitment technology to avoid the conflict altogether and may decide whether to procure pre-commitment or to confront the visceral influence. We examine naïve expectations for the strength of the visceral influence; underestimating the visceral influence may lead the agent to exaggerate the expected utility of resisting temptation, and so mistakenly forego pre-commitment. Our analysis reveals conditions under which higher willpower – and lower visceral influence – reduces welfare. We further demonstrate that lowering risk aversion could reduce welfare. The aforementioned results call into question certain policy measures aimed at helping people improve their own behavior.
Schlagwörter: 
self-control
temptation
inter-temporal choice
pre-commitment
JEL: 
D01
D03
D69
D90
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