The literature on self-control problems has typically concentrated on immediate temptations. This paper studies a Gul and Pesendorfer [13, 14] style model in which decision-makers are a¤ected by temptations that lie in the future. While temptation is commonly understood to give rise to a demand for commitment, it is shown that ‘temptation by future consumption’can induce its absence. The model ...

Inconsistencies in individual intertemporal choices have been well documented in Economics. This paper studies individual and collective decisions through the preference elicitation method over task (real consumption). For this purpose, a joint experimental elicitation of time preferences was performed for the groups (who have to reach a consensus) as well as for their individual members. Using...

Abstract Research on procrastination covers a variety of individual factors (e.g., conscientiousness) and this focus is reflected in interventions against procrastination. Less emphasis put situational social that may help students reduce procrastination, such as interdependence. Therefore, study investigates the relationship between interdependence with academic affective variables. Two vignet...

This study aimed to evaluate the impact of self-efficacy and perfectionism on academic procrastination among university students its differences genders in Pakistan. It was hypothesized that would significantly there is a significant difference students’ views concerning their gender. The sample comprised 405 students, 104 male 301 female. used general scale, multidimensional scale measure cons...

The rising trend of projects with high-skilled and autonomous contributors increasingly exposes managers to the risk of idiosyncratic individual behaviors. In this paper, we examine the e ects of an important behavioral factor, an individual's cost salience. Cost salience leads individuals to perceive the cost of immediate e ort to be larger than the cost of future e ort. This leads to procrast...

Abstract. The Dark Triad personality traits have previously been linked with dysfunctional types of procrastination (i.e., delaying certain tasks). From an evolutionary perspective, is recognized for facilitating a fast life history strategy. present study investigated links between active and passive the extended Tetrad (psychopathy, Machiavellianism, narcissism, sadism). Participants ( N = 35...

According to previous research, changing the default contribution rate for a 401(k) pension plan has a powerful effect on the distribution of contributions among relatively new employees. We study the welfare effects of such changes and identify the default rates that maximizes total surplus. Because one can rationalize certain types of default effects in conventional models with switching cost...