Search Results - "Laibson, David I"

The Fourth Law of Behavior Genetics by Chabris, Christopher F., Lee, James J., Cesarini, David, Benjamin, Daniel J., Laibson, David I.

“…Behavior genetics is the study of the relationship between genetic variation and psychological traits. Turkheimer (2000) proposed "Three Laws of Behavior…”
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Time Discounting for Primary Rewards by McClure, Samuel M, Ericson, Keith M, Laibson, David I, Loewenstein, George, Cohen, Jonathan D

“…Previous research, involving monetary rewards, found that limbic reward-related areas show greater activity when an intertemporal choice includes an immediate…”
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Measuring and controlling for the compromise effect when estimating risk preference parameters by Beauchamp, Jonathan P., Benjamin, Daniel J., Laibson, David I., Chabris, Christopher F.

“…The compromise effect arises when being close to the “middle” of a choice set makes an option more appealing. The compromise effect poses conceptual and…”
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Association of cognition with temporal discounting in community based older persons by Boyle, Patricia A, Yu, Lei, Segawa, Eisuke, Wilson, Robert S, Buchman, Aron S, Laibson, David I, Bennett, David A

“…The objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that cognitive function is negatively associated with temporal discounting in old age. Participants were…”
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Cognitive function is associated with risk aversion in community-based older persons by Boyle, Patricia A, Yu, Lei, Buchman, Aron S, Laibson, David I, Bennett, David A

“…Emerging data from younger and middle-aged persons suggest that cognitive ability is negatively associated with risk aversion, but this association has not…”
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Optimal Mortgage Refinancing: A Closed-Form Solution by AGARWAL, SUMIT, DRISCOLL, JOHN C., LAIBSON, DAVID I.

“…We derive the first closed-form optimal refinancing rule: refinance when the current mortgage interest rate falls below the original rate by at least…”
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Separate Neural Systems Value Immediate and Delayed Monetary Rewards by McClure, Samuel M., Laibson, David I., Loewenstein, George, Cohen, Jonathan D.

“…When humans are offered the choice between rewards available at different points in time, the relative values of the options are discounted according to their…”
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What is for me is not for you: brain correlates of intertemporal choice for self and other by Albrecht, Konstanze, Volz, Kirsten G, Sutter, Matthias, Laibson, David I, von Cramon, D Yves

“…People have present-biased preferences: they choose more impatiently when choosing between an immediate reward and a delayed reward, than when choosing between…”
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Vaccination Rates are Associated With Functional Proximity But Not Base Proximity of Vaccination Clinics by Beshears, John, Choi, James J., Laibson, David I., Madrian, Brigitte C., Reynolds, Gwendolyn I.

“…BACKGROUND:Routine annual influenza vaccinations are recommended for persons 6 months of age and older, but less than half of US adults get vaccinated. Many…”
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Why It Is Hard to Find Genes Associated With Social Science Traits: Theoretical and Empirical Considerations by CHABRIS, Christopher F, LEE, James J, BENJAMIN, Daniel J, BEAUCHAMP, Jonathan P, GLAESER, Edward L, BORST, Gregoire, PINKER, Steven, LAIBSON, David I

“…We explain why traits of interest to behavioral scientists may have a genetic architecture featuring hundreds or thousands of loci with tiny individual effects…”
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Measuring Trust by Glaeser, Edward L., Laibson, David I., Scheinkman, José A., Soutter, Christine L.

“…We combine two experiments and a survey to measure trust and trustworthiness—two key components of social capital. Standard attitudinal survey questions about…”
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The Promises and Pitfalls of Genoeconomics by Benjamin, Daniel J., Cesarini, David, Chabris, Christopher F., Glaeser, Edward L., Laibson, David I., Guðnason, Vilmundur, Harris, Tamara B., Launer, Lenore J., Purcell, Shaun, Smith, Albert Vernon, Johannesson, Magnus, Magnusson, Patrik K.E., Beauchamp, Jonathan P., Christakis, Nicholas A., Atwood, Craig S., Hebert, Benjamin, Freese, Jeremy, Hauser, Robert M., Hauser, Taissa S., Grankvist, Alexander, Hultman, Christina M., Lichtenstein, Paul

“…This article reviews existing research at the intersection of genetics and economics, presents some new findings that illustrate the state of genoeconomics…”
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Self-Control and Saving for Retirement by Laibson, David I., Repetto, Andrea, Tobacman, Jeremy, Hall, Robert E., Gale, William G., Akerlof, George A.

“…It is shown that life-cycle consumption and asset accumulation patterns are consistent with a hyperbolic model. At first glance, the life-cycle choices of…”
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INSTANTANEOUS GRATIFICATION by Harris, Christopher, Laibson, David

“…Extending Barro (1999) and Luttmer and Mariotti (2003), we introduce a new model of time preferences: the instantaneous-gratification model. This model applies…”
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Why Don't Present-Biased Agents Make Commitments? by Laibson, David

“…Present-biased preferences engender a demand for commitment. Commitment is a problematic prediction, since we see so little of it. I quantitatively explore the…”
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Natural Expectations and Macroeconomic Fluctuations by Fuster, Andreas, Laibson, David, Mendel, Brock

“…A large body of empirical evidence suggests that beliefs systematically deviate from perfect rationality. Much of the evidence implies that economic agents…”
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The Effect of Providing Peer Information on Retirement Savings Decisions by BESHEARS, JOHN, CHOI, JAMES J., LAIBSON, DAVID, MADRIAN, BRIGITTE C., MILKMAN, KATHERINE L.

“…Using a field experiment in a 401(k) plan, we measure the effect of disseminating information about peer behavior on savings. Low-saving employees received…”
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Shrouded Attributes, Consumer Myopia, and Information Suppression in Competitive Markets by Gabaix, Xavier, Laibson, David

“…Bayesian consumers infer that hidden add-on prices (e.g., the cost of ink for a printer) are likely to be high prices. If consumers are Bayesian, firms will…”
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Capital Flows, Consumption Booms and Asset Bubbles: A Behavioural Alternative to the Savings Glut Hypothesis by Laibson, David, Mollerstrom, Johanna

“…Bernanke (2005) hypothesised that a 'global savings glut' was causing large trade imbalances. However, we show that the global savings rates did not show a…”
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Private Paternalism, the Commitment Puzzle, and Model-Free Equilibrium by Laibson, David

“…Paternalism is a policy that advances an individual's interests by restricting his or her freedom. In a setting with present-biased agents, I characterize the…”
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