@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp5891, author={Manzini, Paola and Mariotti, Marco and Tyson, Christopher J.}, title={Manipulation of Choice Behavior}, year={2011}, month={Jul}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={5891}, url={https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp5891}, abstract={We introduce and study the problem of manipulation of choice behavior. In a class of two-stage models of decision making, with the agent's choices determined by three "psychological variables," we imagine that a subset of these variables can be selected by a "manipulator." To what extent does this confer control of the agent's behavior? Within the specified framework, which overlaps with two existing models of choice under cognitive constraints, we provide a complete answer to this question.}, keywords={satisficing;attention;choice function;revealed preference;threshold}, }