%0 Report
        %A Dasgupta, Utteeyo
%A Gangadharan, Lata
%A Maitra, Pushkar
%A Mani, Subha
        %T De Gustibus Non Est Disputandum: An Experimental Investigation
        %D 2014
        %8 2014 Oct
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 8579
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp8579
        %X 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.
        %K preference stability
%K state contingent preferences
%K artefactual field experiment