Self-rewards and personal motivation

Self-administered rewards are ubiquitous. They serve as incentives for personal accomplishments and are widely recommended to increase personal motivation. We show that in a model with time-inconsistent and reference-dependent preferences, self-rewards can be a credible and effective tool to overcom...

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Volume:	68
Main Author:	Koch, Alexander K Nafziger, Julia Suvorov, Anton van de Ven, Jeroen
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Trade Academic
Place of publication:	AMSTERDAM Elsevier B.V 01.05.2014 ELSEVIER Elsevier Science Publishers Institut for Økonomi, Aarhus Universitet
published in:	European economic review Vol. 68; pp. 151 - 167
Related:	Markets & Organizations Amsterdam Center for Law and Economics
ORCID:	0000-0001-5111-0427 0000-0003-3307-3073 0000-0001-9471-1636 0000-0003-1362-7470
Data of publication:	May 2014
ISSN:	0014-2921 1873-572X
EISSN:	1873-572X
Discipline:	Economics
Subjects:	Quasi-hyperbolic discounting Self-rewards Self-control Reference-dependent preferences Goals class eco A Economics Business & Economics Social Sciences Quasi-hyperbolic discounting, reference-dependent preferences, loss aversion, self-control, self-rewards, goals Quasi-hyperbolic discounting Self-rewards Self-control D03 D81 Reference-dependent preferences Goals D91 CHOICE DECISION GIFTS RISK AVERSION
Online Access:	available in Bonn?
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