Twisting the truth: Foundations of wishful thinking
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DOI: 10.3982/te2744
Abstract: Considerable evidence shows that people have optimistic beliefs about future out- comes. I present an axiomatic model of wishful thinking (WT), in which an endowed alternative, or status quo, influences the agent’s beliefs over states… read more here.
Keywords: wishful thinking; status quo; foundations wishful; twisting truth ... See more keywords