Goal Setting as a Self-Regulation Mechanism
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Keywords
self-regulation; goals; time inconsistency; loss aversion; indulgence; compulsiveness; proximal and distal;JEL classification:
- D00 - Microeconomics - - General - - - General
- D80 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - General
- D90 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ALL-2008-10-13 (All new papers)
- NEP-CBE-2008-10-13 (Cognitive & Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-UPT-2008-10-13 (Utility Models & Prospect Theory)
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