Jekyll and Hyde

Marie-Edith Bissey (), John Hey and Stefania Ottone

Discussion Papers from Department of Economics, University of York

Abstract: Jekyll and Hyde were in fact two people inside the same person – an obviously dynamically inconsistent person. In the book and in the movie, the dynamic inconsistency was resolved in arather dramatic way. We investigate its resolution in the laboratory.

Keywords: dynamic inconsistency; saving; consumption; naïve; resolute; sophisticated; dual selves (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C92 D9 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008-01
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