Choosing the Wrong Calling Plan? Ignorance and Learning

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Modeling the Psychology of Consumer and Firm Behavior with Behavioral Economics (2006, result): “It is interesting to contrast this model and empirical findings on gym memberships with a similar study of telephone calling plans by Miravete (2003). He finds that consumers choose calling plans, given the number of minutes they call locally and long-distance, which are very close to optimal, in co”
Invited Paper - Learning Models: An Assessment of Progress, Challenges, and New Developments (2011, unknown): “23 Osborne (2010) allows for a continuous distribution of consumer types.”
The role of self selection, usage uncertainty and learning in the demand for local telephone service (2007, methodology): “These results are consistent with the findings of Miravete (2002) where consumers are found to switch plans to obtain cost savings.”
Paying Not to Go to the Gym (2006, background): “Ownership concentration is in the tenth percentile of U.S. industries.”
Do Consumers Switch to the Best Supplier (2007, unknown): “Electronic copy of this paper is available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=982530 ISSN 1745-9648”
Tariff Choice with Consumer Learning and Switching Costs (2011, background): “Miravete (2003), DellaVigna and Malmendier (2006), and Lambrecht and Skiera (2006) show that consumers often choose and retain the wrong tariff for telephone calling plans, health clubs, and Internet service, respectively.”