Revealed differences

B-Tier
Journal: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
Year: 2018
Volume: 145
Issue: C
Pages: 202-217

Score contribution per author:

1.005 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

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Abstract

Two individuals are said to be revealed different if their joint decisions are more distant from rationality than either of their individual decisions taken separately. We show that the revealed different relation can be used to identify preference types and therefore to evaluate the heterogeneity of preferences in a completely nonparametric way. Using experimental data from a random sample of the Dutch population, we find that 1182 individuals can be divided into 131 different preference types, men's preferences are more heterogeneous than and different from women's preferences. These results replicate in a different decision environment.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:jeborg:v:145:y:2018:i:c:p:202-217
Journal Field
Theory
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-25