Adding dependent choice

Adding small differences can increase similarity and choice.

Similarity plays a critical role in many judgments and choices. Traditional models of similarity posit that increasing the number of differences between objects cannot increase judged similarity between them. In contrast to these previous models, the present research shows that introducing a small difference in an attribute that previously was identical across objects can increase perceived sim...

Adding Consent to Choice in the Abortion Debate

The abortion debates are characterized by confrontation, sides polarized one against the other, as James Taranto notes in his essay on “The ‘Roe Effect’.” What is more, most agree, including Taranto, that Roe is a “study in unanticipated consequences.” In Taranto’s case, he defines that study as the “nexus between the practice of abortion and the politics of abortion.” Specifically, he analyzes...

The market comes to Medicare: adding choice and protections.

Reuseware - Adding Modularity to Your Language of Choice

syntax grammar Concrete syntax grammar Metamodel (result from mapping) Generate code Extend grammar automatically Figure 1: Grammar of Xcerpt in Reuseware The abstract and concrete syntax grammars of Xcerpt can be derived by separating concrete from abstract elements in the grammar from Listing 2. Additionally, each reference to a production rule in the abstract syntax grammar is tagged with a ...

State dependent choice

We propose a theory of choices that are influenced by the psychological state of the agent. The central hypothesis is that the psychological state controls the urgency of the attributes sought by the decision maker in the available alternatives. While state dependent choice is less restricted than rational choice, our model does have empirical content, expressed by simple ‘revealed preference’ ...