TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Dasgupta, Utteeyo
AU  - Gangadharan, Lata
AU  - Maitra, Pushkar
AU  - Mani, Subha
        TI  - De Gustibus Non Est Disputandum: An Experimental Investigation
        PY  - 2014/Oct/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 8579
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp8579
        AB  - The goal of this paper is to examine stability in preferences using the Stigler-Becker state-dependent framework. Using a randomized intervention that changes the opportunity sets of individuals we construct a unique panel data from an artefactual field experiment and evaluate whether the change in the state space influences our selected indicators of preferences: risk, competitiveness, and confidence. We find that there is considerable heterogeneity of preferences across individuals at a point in time; risk and competitive preferences inter-temporally are consistent with state-dependent preferences, while measures of confidence seem to depend on past experiences.
        KW  - preference stability
KW  - state contingent preferences
KW  - artefactual field experiment
        ER  -