Procedural and economic utilities in consequentialist choice: Trading freedom of choice to minimize financial losses

Work on procedural utility suggests that decision makers derive more value from outcomes earned with freedom of choice. We experimentally tested tradeoffs between procedural and outcome utility, examining financial losses as an important boundary condition. Participants completed a simulated consume...

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Main Authors: Daniel A. DeCaro, Marci S. DeCaro, Jared M. Hotaling, Joseph G. Johnson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2020-07-01
Series:Judgment and Decision Making
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Online Access:http://journal.sjdm.org/12/12425/jdm12425.pdf