Many Balls in the Air Make Time Fly: The Effect of Multitasking on Time Perception and Time Preferences
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Keywords
Time preferences; Multitasking; Cognitive load; Time perception; Foundations of preferences;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
- D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CBE-2019-08-19 (Cognitive and Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-EVO-2019-08-19 (Evolutionary Economics)
- NEP-EXP-2019-08-19 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-NEU-2019-08-19 (Neuroeconomics)
- NEP-UPT-2019-08-19 (Utility Models and Prospect Theory)
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