Biography
Kerry Milch studies intertemporal choice in terms of how people think about their future selves (i.e., the person one will be in x years). She investigates what it means to "feel close" to one's future self and the extent to which that perception of closeness is malleable. In particular, Kerry is interested in how the way people think about their future selves affects their willingness to incur immediate costs for the sake of long-term gains.

In collaboration with other CRED members (Elke Weber, Kirstin Appelt, Michel Handgraaf, and David Krantz), Kerry has examined framing effects in group decision making and the role of decision preparation in group susceptibility to framing effects.

CRED Projects
» Mental Representation and Framing in Individual and Group Decisions

» Framing and Group Decision Making

Last Updated: September 24, 2009