Dan Ariely

Publication List Details

Period

1994 - 2009

Number

77

Co-Authors

Harvard Business School (2009)

Michael I. Norton, Dan Ariely, Jeana H. Frost

The present research shows that although people believe that learning more about others leads to greater liking, more information about others leads, on average, to less liking. Thus,...

Summary (2008)

Itzhak Aharon, Nancy Etcoff, Dan Ariely, Christopher F. Chabris, Hans C. Breiter

The brain circuitry processing rewarding and aversive stimuli is hypothesized to be at the core of motivated behavior. In this study, discrete categories of beautiful faces are shown to have...

Towards Quantifying Depth and Size Perception in 3D Virtual Environments (2007)

Jannick P. Rolland, Christina A. Burbeck, William Gibson, Dan Ariely

With the fast advance of real-time computer graphics, head-mounted displays (HMDs) have become popular tools for 3D visualization. One of the most promising and challenging future uses of HMDs,...

Electronic Shopping for Wine: How Search Costs for Information on Price, Quality, and Store Comparison Affect Consumer Price Sensitivity, Satisfaction with Merchandise, and Retention (2007)

John G. Lynch, Dan Ariely, Thank Lisa Abendroth, Dave Arnold, Matt Bailey, ...

Interactive Home Shopping: Effects of Search Cost for Price and Quality Information on Consumer Price Sensitivity, Satisfaction with Merchandise, And Retention A fundamental dilemma confronts...

Electronic Commerce Software Agents: How to Increase Their Machine IQ? (2007)

Luis C. Rabelo, Dan Ariely, Ph. D, Ph. D

The growth of the Internet is currently occurring at phenomenal rates. In this new environment, agents are needed to support our activities, ranging from simple Web surfing to sales and shopping. For...

Running head: The Role of Duration in Judgment and Decision Making? Role of Duration 1 When Does Duration Matter in Judgment and Decision Making? (2007)

Dan Ariely, George Loewenstein

Role of Duration 2 Research on sequences of outcomes shows that people care about features of the experience, such as improvement or deterioration over time, and peak and end levels, that the...

An Explanation of the Asymmetric Dominance Effect (2007)

Dan Ariely, S. Wallsten

An important example of the influence of context on elicited values and choice is the effect of asymmetri. cally dominated alternatives, first studied by Huber, Payne, and Puto (1982). A theory of...

Gestalt Characteristics of Experiences: The De®ning Features of Summarized Events (2007)

Dan Ariely, Ziv Carmon

In this paper we take stock of recent research on how people summarize and evaluate extended experiences. Summary assessments do not simply integrate all the components of the evaluated events, but...

Expressing Preferences in a Principal-Agent Task: A Comparison of Choice, Rating, and Matching (2007)

Joel Huber, Dan Ariely, Gregory Fischer

One of the more disturbing yet important findings in the social sciences is the observation that alternative tasks result in different expressed preferences among choice alternatives. We examine this...

Sequential Choice in Group Settings: Taking the Road Less Traveled and Less Enjoyed (2007)

Dan Ariely, Jonathan Levav, Kristin Diehl, Rebecca Hamilton, George Loewenstein, Rebecca Ratner, ...

We begin with a true story of a brunch honoring a colleague who had recently accepted an academic position at a west coast university. To celebrate this joyous occasion, we chose a restaurant that...

Effects of averaging 1 The Effects of Averaging Subjective Probability Estimates Between and Within Judges 1 (2007)

Dan Ariely, David V. Budescu, Thomas S. Wallsten, Wing Tung Au, Christiane B. Dietz, Randall H. Bender, ...

The average probability estimate of J> 1 judges is generally better than its components. Two studies test 3 predictions regarding averaging that follow from theorems based on a cognitive model of...

PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE Research Article PROCRASTINATION, DEADLINES, AND PERFORMANCE: Self-Control by Precommitment (2007)

Dan Ariely, Klaus Wertenbroch

Abstract — Procrastination is all too familiar to most people. People delay writing up their research (so we hear!), repeatedly declare they will start their diets tomorrow, or postpone until next...

Consistency and Heterogeneity of Individual Behavior under Uncertainty ∗ (2007)

Syngjoo Choi, Raymond Fisman, Shachar Kariv, Jim Andreoni, Dan Ariely, Liran Einav, ...

NYU ∗ Some of the results reported here were previously distributed in a paper titled “Substantive

Abstract (2006)

Günter J. Hitsch, Ali Hortaçsu, Dan Ariely

This paper uses a novel data set obtained from an online dating service to draw inferences on mate preferences and to investigate the role played by these preferences in determining match outcomes...

Idea generation, creativity, and incentives (2005)

Olivier Toubia, Shane Frederick, Dražen Prelec, Dan Ariely, Birger Wernerfelt, Brian Gibbs, ...

help with the logistics of this experiment, as well as Robert Klein and his team at Applied Marketing Science, Inc. for their cooperation and suggestions. Idea Generation, Creativity, and Incentives...

An Experimental Analysis of Ending Rules in Internet Auctions.” Working paper (2005)

Dan Ariely, Axel Ockenfels, Alvin E. Roth

A great deal of late bidding has been observed on internet auctions such as eBay, which employ a second price auction with a fixed deadline. Much less late bidding has been observed on internet...

Forward-looking bidding in online auctions (2005)

Robert Zeithammer, Birger Wernerfelt, Elie Ofek, Dan Ariely, Sergei Izmalkov, Jeroen Swinkels, ...

marketing departments around the country, where I presented an early version of this paper in

An Experimental Analysis (2005)

Of Ending Rules, Dan Ariely, Axel Ockenfels, Alvin E. Roth

A great deal of late bidding has been observed on internet auctions such as eBay, which employ a second price auction with a fixed deadline. Much less late bidding has been observed on internet...

What Makes You Click: (2005)

An Empirical Analysis, Günter J. Hitsch, Ali Hortaçsu, Dan Ariely

This paper uses a novel data set obtained from a major online dating service to draw inferences on mate preferences and the match outcomes of the site users. The data set contains detailed...

An Experimental Analysis of Ending Rules in Internet Auctions.” Working paper (2005)

Dan Ariely, Axel Ockenfels, Alvin E. Roth

pp. 891–908 A great deal of late bidding has been observed on eBay, which employs a second price auction with a fixed deadline. Much less late bidding has been observed on Amazon, which can only...

What makes you click? An Empirical Analysis of Online Dating (2004)

HITSCH, GUENTER, Hortacsu, Ali, Ariely, Dan

This paper uses a novel data set obtained from a major online dating service to draw inferences on mate preferences and ultimately the match outcomes of the site users. The data set contains detailed...

e-Bay’s Happy Hour: Nonrational Herding in On-Line Auctions. Working Paper. The (2004)

Uri Simonsohn, Dan Ariely

We hypothesized that on-line auction bidders would herd behind other bidders even when observed choices did not reveal private information. A model that inserts bidders engaging in this type of...

Buying, bidding, playing, or competing? value assessment and decision dynamics in online auctions (2003)

Dan Ariely, Itamar Simonson

We propose an analytical framework for studying bidding behavior in online auctions. The framework focuses on three key dimensions: the multi-stage process, the types of value-signals employed at...

An experimental analysis of ending rules in internet auctions (2002)

Ariely,Dan, Ockenfels,Axel, Roth,Alvin E.

A great deal of late bidding has been observed on internet auctions such as eBay, which employ a second price auction with a fixed deadline. Much less late bidding has been observed on internet...

An experimental analysis of ending rules in internet auctions (2002)

Ariely, Dan, Ockenfels, Axel, Roth, Alvin E.

A great deal of late bidding has been observed on internet auctions such as eBay, which employ a second price auction with a fixed deadline. Much less late bidding has been observed on internet...

Wine Online: Search costs affect competition on price, quality, and distribution (2000)

John G. Lynch, Jr. Dan Ariely

A fundamental dilemma confronts retailers with stand-alone sites on the World Wide Web and those attempting to build electronic malls for delivery via the Internet, online services, or interactive...

On the making of an experience: the effects of breaking and combining experiences on their overall evaluation (2000)

Dan Ariely, Gal Zauberman

How do people create overall evaluations for experiences that change in intensity over time? What `rules' do they use for combining such different intensities into single overall evaluations?...

Controlling the Information Flow: Effects on Consumers’ Decision Making and Preferences (2000)

Dan Ariely

One of the main objectives facing marketers is to present consumers with information on which to base their decisions (Anderson and Rubin 1986; Bettman 1975). Presenting such information is not...

Focusing On The Forgone: How Value Can Appear So Different To Buyers And Sellers (2000)

Ziv Carmon, Dan Ariely

The lowest price at which consumers agree to part from a good (selling price) is often considerably higher than the highest price at which they agree to acquire the same item (buying price). For...

Joint commentary on the importance of, duration in ratings of and choices between, sequences of outcomes (2000)

Dan Ariely, Daniel Kahneman, George Loewenstein

Loewenstein wrote a response. But we were afraid that the two pieces exaggerated our differences and failed to represent our considerable areas of agreement. The purpose of this commentary is to...

Wine Online: Search Costs and Competition on Price, Quality, and Distribution (2000)

John G. Lynch, Dan Ariely

A fundamental dilemma confronts retailers with stand-alone sites on the World Wide Web and those attempting to build electronic malls for delivery via the Internet, on-line services, or interactive...

Agents to the Rescue? (1999)

West, Patricia M., Ariely, Dan, Bellman, Steve, Bradlow, Eric, Huber, Joel, Johnson, Eric, ...

The advent of electronic environments is bound to have profound effects on consumer decision making. While the exact nature of these influences is only partially known it is clear that consumers...

Agents to the Rescue? (1999)

West, Patricia M., Ariely, Dan, Bellman, Steve, Bradlow, Eric, Huber, Joel, Johnson, Eric, ...

The advent of electronic environments is bound to have profound effects on consumer decision making. While the exact nature of these influences is only partially known it is clear that consumers...

Constructing Stable Preferences: A Look into Dimensions of Experience and Their Impact on Preference Stability (1999)

Steve Hoeffler, Steve Hoeffler, Dan Ariely

There are two polar schools of thought regarding the existence of preferences. The “economics ” tradition is based on the assumption of existing preferences. The emerging “constructive ”...

Goal-based construction of preferences: Task goals and the prominence effect (1999)

Gregory W. Fischer, Ziv Carmon, Dan Ariely, Gal Zauberman

Preferences inferred from choice are more likely to favor the alternative that is superior with respect to the prominent (most important or salient) attribute than are preferences inferred from...

Linking object boundaries at scale: a common mechanism for size and shape judgements (1996)

Christina A. Burbeck, Stephen M. Pizer, Bryan S. Morse, Dan Ariely, Gal S. Zauberman, Jannick P. Rolland

The area over which boundary information contributes to the determination of the center of an extended object was inferred from results of a bisection task. The object to be bisected was a rectangle...

The effect of past-injury on pain threshold and tolerance (1995)

Reuven Dar, Dan Ariely, Hanan Frenk

Summary Forty male veterans who had been injured during their military service in the Israeli Defense Forces were assessed for pain threshold and tolerance in a thermal pain procedure. Based on their...

Seeking subjective dominance in multidimensional space /--by Dan Ariely. (1994)

Ariely, Dan.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1994.

Psychology, Behavioral Economics, and Public Policy

On Amir, Dan Ariely, Alan Cooke, David Dunning, Nicholas Epley, Uri Gneezy, ...

Economics has typically been the social science of choice to inform public policy and policymakers. In the current paper we contemplate the role behavioral science can play in enlightening...

An Experimental Analysis of Ending Rules in Internet Auctions

Dan Ariely, Axel Ockenfels, Alvin E. Roth

A great deal of late bidding has been observed on internet auctions such as eBay, which employ a second price auction with a fixed deadline. Much less late bidding has been observed on internet...

An Experimental Analysis of Ending Rules in Internet Auctions

Dan Ariely, Axel Ockenfels, Alvin E. Roth

A great deal of late bidding has been observed on eBay, which employs a second-price auction with a fixed deadline. Much less late bidding has been observed on Amazon, which can only end when ten...

How small is zero price? : the true value of free products

Kristina Shampan'er, Dan Ariely

When faced with a choice of selecting one of several available products (or possibly buying nothing), a standard theoretical perspective suggests that the option with the highest benefit-cost...

An Experimental Analysis of Ending Rules in Internet Auctions

Dan Ariely, Axel Ockenfels, Alvin E. Roth

A great deal of late bidding has been observed on internet auctions such as eBay, which employ a second price auction with a fixed deadline. Much less late bidding has been observed on internet...

Doing Good or Doing Well? Image Motivation and Monetary Incentives in Behaving Prosocially

Dan Ariely, Anat Bracha, Stephan Meier

This paper experimentally examines image motivation - the desire to be liked and wellregarded by others - as a driver in prosocial behavior (doing good), and asks whether extrinsic monetary...

Doing good or doing well? Image motivation and monetary incentives in behaving prosocially

Dan Ariely, Anat Bracha, Stephan Meier

This paper examines image motivation—the desire to be liked and well-regarded by others— as a driver in prosocial behavior (doing good), and asks whether extrinsic monetary incentives (doing...

Tom Sawyer and the construction of value

Dan Ariely, George Loewenstein, Drazen Prelec

This paper challenges the common assumption that economic agents know their tastes. After reviewing previous research showing that valuation of ordinary products and experiences can be manipulated by...

Large stakes and big mistakes

Dan Ariely, Uri Gneezy, George Loewenstein, Nina Mazar

Most upper-management and sales force personnel, as well as workers in many other jobs, are paid based on performance, which is widely perceived as motivating effort and enhancing productivity...

Dishonesty in everyday life and its policy implications

Nina Mazar, Dan Ariely

Dishonest acts are all too prevalent in day-to-day life. In the current review, we examine some possible psychological causes for such dishonesty that go beyond the standard economic considerations...

"Coherent Arbitrariness": Stable Demand Curves Without Stable Preferences

Dan Ariely, George Loewenstein, Drazen Prelec

In six experiments we show that initial valuations of familiar products and simple hedonic experiences are strongly influenced by arbitrary "anchors" (sometimes derived from a person's social...

Sequential Choice in Group Settings: Taking the Road Less Traveled and Less Enjoyed.

Ariely, Dan, Levav, Jonathan

Many individual decisions take place in a group context wherein group members voice their choices sequentially. In this article we examine the impact of this dynamic decision process on individuals'...

Controlling the Information Flow: Effects on Consumers' Decision Making and Preferences.

Ariely, Dan

One of the main objectives facing marketers is to present consumers with information on which to base their decisions. In doing so, marketers have to select the type of information system they want...

Shopping Goals, Goal Concreteness, and Conditional Promotions

Leonard Lee, Dan Ariely

We propose a two-stage model to describe the increasing concreteness of consumers' goals during the shopping process, testing the model with a series of field experiments at a convenience store....

Getting off the hedonic treadmill, one step at a time: The impact of regular religious practice and exercise on well-being

Mochon, Daniel, Norton, Michael I., Ariely, Dan

Many studies have shown that few events in life have a lasting impact on subjective well-being because of people's tendency to adapt quickly; worse, those events that do have a lasting impact tend to...

The Impact of Add-On Features on Consumer Product Evaluations

Marco Bertini, Elie Ofek, Dan Ariely

The research presented in this article provides evidence that add-on features sold to enhance a product can be more than just discretionary benefits. We argue that consumers draw inferences from the...

Large Stakes and Big Mistakes

DAN ARIELY, URI GNEEZY, GEORGE LOEWENSTEIN, NINA MAZAR

Workers in a wide variety of jobs are paid based on performance, which is commonly seen as enhancing effort and productivity relative to non-contingent pay schemes. However, psychological research...

Doing Good or Doing Well? Image Motivation and Monetary Incentives in Behaving Prosocially

Dan Ariely, Anat Bracha, Stephan Meier

This paper experimentally examines image motivation--the desire to be liked and well regarded by others--as a driver in prosocial behavior (doing good), and asks whether extrinsic monetary incentives...

The enduring impact of transient emotions on decision making

Andrade, Eduardo B., Ariely, Dan

People often do not realize they are being influenced by an incidental emotional state. As a result, decisions based on a fleeting incidental emotion can become the basis for future decisions and...