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Rengel, Anton (1853 - )
This biographical summary was created by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) between 1936 and 1939
Nordberg, John (1870 - )
This biographical summary was created by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) between 1936 and 1939
Marlowe, Cyrus E. (1866 - )
This biographical summary was created by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) between 1936 and 1939
Bachman, August (1857 - 1907)
This biographical summary was created by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) between 1936 and 1939
Edelbrock, Henry (1823 - 1909)
This biographical summary was created by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) between 1936 and 1939
Brauch, Nicholas (1865 - )
This biographical summary was created by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) between 1936 and 1939
Kraemer, Adam (1836 - 1915)
This biographical summary was created by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) between 1936 and 1939
Kindler, Julius (1841 - 1899)
This biographical summary was created by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) between 1936 and 1939
Hendrickson, John F. (1853 - )
This biographical summary was created by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) between 1936 and 1939
Commitment Contracts
We review the theoretical and empirical literature on commitment devices.A commitment device is any arrangement, entered into by an individual, with the aim of making it easier to fulfill his or her own future plans. We argue that there is growing empirical evidence supporting the proposition that people demand commitment devices and that these devices can change behavior. We highlight the importance of further research exploring soft commitment – those involving only psychological costs – and the welfare consequences of hard commitments – those involving actual costs – especially in the presence of bounded rationality.consumer/household economics, institutional and behavioral economics
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