The Bright Side of Imprecision: Creativity Meets Rational Inattention

Giuseppe Attanasi, Giuseppe Ciccarone and Giovanni Di Bartolomeo

No 268, Working Papers in Public Economics from Department of Economics and Law, Sapienza University of Rome

Abstract: We propose a simple model that connects creativity to rational inattention, introducing a new formal channel through which imprecise information generates creative benefits. While imprecision usually entails costs, it can also make creativity a complementary dimension of information acquisition, reshaping the trade-off between attention and decision quality. Our main result is that creativity reduces the effective cost of information processing.

Keywords: Selective Attention; Information Processing Costs; Cognitive Constraints; Innovation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D80 D90 O31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 9
Date: 2026-01
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