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paying not to go to the gym: a standalone construct

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Behavioral economics

gym members choosing flat-rate contracts and then attending too rarely to justify the cost, reflecting overconfidence about future self-control.

In behavioral economics, paying not to go to the gym refers to gym members choosing flat-rate contracts and then attending too rarely to justify the cost, reflecting overconfidence about future self-control. This meaning comes from Della Vigna (2006) in American Economic Review.[1]

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Della Vigna, S., & Malmendier, U. (2006). Paying Not to Go to the Gym. American Economic Review, 96(3), 694-719. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.96.3.694

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