全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): DP15716 Self-Set Goals Are Effective Self-Regulation Tools -- Despite Goal Revision

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来源类型	Discussion paper
规范类型	论文
来源ID	DP15716
	DP15716 Self-Set Goals Are Effective Self-Regulation Tools -- Despite Goal Revision
	Jonas P. Kaiser; Alexander K Koch; Julia Nafziger
发表日期	2021-01-25
出版年	2021
语种	英语
摘要	We test in an experiment whether and why non-binding, self-set goals are effective even though individuals can easily revise such goals. Depending on the treatment, subjects either set a goal a few days before working on an online task or right at the start of the task. In the former case, they may or may not be explicitly asked to revise their goal at the start of the task. Consistent with the hypothesis that goals are self-regulation tools, we observe that goals set before the task are larger than goals set at the start of the task. And they are effective: Subjects work more when a goal was set a few days before the task than when it was set at the start of the task. Importantly, these results arise even though subjects revise their initial goals. They do so no matter whether goal revision is made explicit or not -- suggesting that goal revision is an important factor for goal non-achievement.
主题	Industrial Organization ; Public Economics
关键词	Self-control Present-biased preferences Goals Goal revision Commitment devices Real effort Online experiment
URL	https://cepr.org/publications/dp15716
来源智库	Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom)
资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/544722
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Jonas P. Kaiser,Alexander K Koch,Julia Nafziger. DP15716 Self-Set Goals Are Effective Self-Regulation Tools -- Despite Goal Revision. 2021.