Paper #1850

Título:

A measure of behavioral heterogeneity

Autores:

Jose Apesteguia y Miguel Ángel Ballester

Data:

Noviembre 2022

Resumen:

In this paper we propose a novel way to measure behavioral heterogeneity in a population of stochastic individuals. Our measure is choice-based; it evaluates the probability that, over a sampled menu, the sampled choices of two sampled individuals differ. We provide axiomatic foundations for this measure, and a decomposition result that separates heterogeneity into its intra- and inter-personal components.

Palabras clave:

heterogeneity, intra-personal, inter-personal, axiomatic foundations

Códigos JEL:

D01

Área de investigación:

Microeconomía

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