Applied Economics Seminar Series. Complex for Whom? An Experimental Approach to Subjective Complexity (joint with Marina Agranov and Andrew Schotter)
Published: 10 June 2025
16 June 2025. Dr Isabel Trevino, University of California, San Diego
Dr Isabel Trevino, University of California, San Diego
Complex for Whom? An Experimental Approach to Subjective Complexity (joint with Marina Agranov and Andrew Schotter)
Monday, 16 June 2025. 15:00-16:30
Room 141A, Adam Smith Business School Building
Abstract
We present a set of tools to elicit subjective perceptions of the complexity of a set of choice problems commonly studied in economics. Our objective is to map the description of a problem to the distribution of subjective perceptions of its complexity, and then map such perceptions to choices. We find that different problems are perceived differently, leading to different observed behavior. Using our analysis, we conclude that some behavior previously classified as anomalous can be attributed to a subset of subjects who perceive the problem in a particular way and is therefore not a general phenomenon.
Bio
I did my PhD in New York University, graduated in 2014. I joined UCSD in 2014 as an assistant professor and I am now an associate professor.
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First published: 10 June 2025