Affiliation:
1. MIT Economics (email: )
Abstract
We present a speculative application of model estimates from Fudenberg and Puri (2021) to prize-linked savings in South Africa. The models used include one combining simplicity theory (Puri 2018, 2022), a preference for lotteries with fewer possible outcomes, with cumulative prospect theory. The results and those of prior literature indicate that both simplicity and probability weighting have a role to play in understanding behavior in choice under risk. We discuss the properties of these models and their implications for behavior.
Publisher
American Economic Association
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