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Willpower without risk?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2021

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Andre Hofmeyr*
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School of Economics, and Research Unit in Behavioural Economics and Neuroeconomics, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa. andre.hofmeyr@uct.ac.za https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Andre_Hofmeyr
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Abstract

Ainslie does not formally incorporate risk and uncertainty in his framework for modelling impulses and willpower. To provide a complete account of the motivational bases of choice behaviour, Ainslie should extend his framework to incorporate risk attitudes and subjective beliefs.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 44 , 2021 , e40
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