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Title: | How much time-inconsistency is there and does it matter? Evidence on self-awareness, size, and effects |
Authors: | Wong, W.-K. |
Keywords: | Present-biased preferences Procrastination Self-awareness Time-inconsistency |
Issue Date: | 2008 |
Citation: | Wong, W.-K. (2008). How much time-inconsistency is there and does it matter? Evidence on self-awareness, size, and effects. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 68 (3-4) : 645-656. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2008.09.005 |
Abstract: | Using students' predicted and unpredicted delays in midterm preparation as measures of time-inconsistency and self-awareness, this paper shows that time-inconsistent behavior is associated with inferior class performance even after controlling for the actual time spent in preparation. Most students showed some time-inconsistency. Most were at least partially aware of their time-inconsistency. Despite full awareness, the sophisticates still under-performed in class relative to the time-consistent. Furthermore, they might still show over-confidence in their self-evaluation of future class performance. Those naive about future time-inconsistency also under-performed relative to the time-consistent.©2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
Source Title: | Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization |
URI: | http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/19980 |
ISSN: | 01672681 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.jebo.2008.09.005 |
Appears in Collections: | Staff Publications |
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