Stress and decision-making in a Developing world context
Thesis: S.M. in Management Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2014.
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| author | Devani, Amal |
| author2 | Drazen Prelec. |
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| description | Thesis: S.M. in Management Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2014. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/883762019-04-11T11:42:00Z Stress and decision-making in a Developing world context Devani, Amal Drazen Prelec. Sloan School of Management. Sloan School of Management. Sloan School of Management. Thesis: S.M. in Management Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2014. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 23-25). This paper gauges the effect of physiological stress on time preference in the urban poor from informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya. Using a standardized psychosocial stress challenge (the Trier social stress test (TSST)) to induce stress in a randomized setting, we attempt to estimate the effect of stress on decision making with incentive-compatible outcomes. While demonstrating discounting patterns similar to other research in the developed world, this current study finds some interesting results on the effect of stress on time preferences, but only in later periods. The study interprets this data and suggests methodological improvements and further ideas for this promising area of study. by Amal Devani. S.M. in Management Research 2014-07-11T21:07:18Z 2014-07-11T21:07:18Z 2014 2014 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/88376 881181586 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 25 pages application/pdf d------ Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Sloan School of Management. Devani, Amal Stress and decision-making in a Developing world context |
| title | Stress and decision-making in a Developing world context |
| title_full | Stress and decision-making in a Developing world context |
| title_fullStr | Stress and decision-making in a Developing world context |
| title_full_unstemmed | Stress and decision-making in a Developing world context |
| title_short | Stress and decision-making in a Developing world context |
| title_sort | stress and decision making in a developing world context |
| topic | Sloan School of Management. |
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