Research Summary
Research Summary
Is there an especially large endowment effect for virtuous choices?
Description
Ben's research focuses on issues of self-control. Specifically, his work on the endowment effect (the finding that people value things more once they own them). His work suggests that the size of the endowment effect is influenced by the type of choice in question. Specifically suggests that people are particularly bad at estimating their post hoc preference for virtuous choices (compared to other types of choices, such as indulgent or functional ones).