TY - JOUR
AU - Rabin, Matthew
AB - Recent models of procrastination due to self-control problems assume that a procrastinator considers just one option and is unaware of her self-control problems. We develop a model where a person chooses from a menu of options and is partially aware of her self-control problems. This menu model replicates earlier results and generates new ones. A person might forgo completing an attractive option because she plans to complete a more attractive but never-to-be-completed option. Hence, providing a nonprocrastinator additional options can induce procrastination, and a person may procrastinate worse pursuing important goals than unimportant ones.
TI - Choice and Procrastination*
JF - The Quarterly Journal of Economics
DO - 10.1162/003355301556365
DA - 2001-02-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/choice-and-procrastination-26E7LIUfdr
SP - 121
EP - 160
VL - 116
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -