3 papers
econ.TH2026
The Effects of Social Pressure on Fundamental Choices: Indecisiveness and Deferral
Alfio Giarlotta, M. Ali Khan, Angelo Enrico Petralia +1
In mainstream neoclassical economics, utility maximization is the only engine of individual action, and the other or the social, if it is modeled for decisions deemed fundamental,…
econ.TH2025
Separable joint choices
Davide Carpentiere, Alfio Giarlotta, Angelo Petralia +1
We introduce a novel choice dataset, called joint choice, in which options and menus are multidimensional. In this general setting, we define a notion of choice separability, which…
econ.TH2025
Limited attention and models of choice: A behavioral equivalence
Davide Carpentiere, Angelo Petralia
We show that many models of choice can be alternatively represented as special cases of choice with limited attention (Masatlioglu, Nakajima, and Ozbay, 2012), singling out the pro…