Thesis
Essays in behavioural economics
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The thesis consists of three stand-alone essays.
Defaults are influential, cheap to change, and therefore of great interest to policymakers. However, it is still unclear what explains their influence. Optimal Defaults and Uncertainty presents a model in which uncertainty contributes to default inertia: decision makers may be content to stick with the default and avoid the costs of learning their optimal decision. The socially optimal default policy I find differs significan...
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+ Abeler, J
Institution:
University of Oxford
Oxford college:
St Anne's College
Role:
Supervisor
+ Mukerji, S
Institution:
University of Oxford
Oxford college:
University College
Role:
Supervisor
Funding
+ Economic and Social Research Council
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Wisson, J
Grant:
ES/J500112/1
George Webb Medley Fund
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Bibliographic Details
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
Item Description
- Language:
- English
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- Deposit date:
- 2017-02-15
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- Copyright holder:
- Wisson, J
- Copyright date:
- 2016
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