When Choices Are Mistakes

Kirby Nielsen, John Rehbeck

American Economic Review, 2022. DOI 10.1257/aer.20201550

Has this study been replicated?

The atlas records 1 replication of this study. Recorded outcomes: 1 mixed. The earliest on record is from 2026.

Reconsidering mistakes: reproduction and replication of Nielsen and Rehbeck (2022) (No, Bayle et al. (2026). Outcome recorded: mixed. We find robust evidence that individuals express a desire to follow canonical axioms, but perceive violations as mistakes only for a subset of them-specifically, IIA and Transitivity. In contrast, we find no evidence that violations of Independence, First-Order Stochastic Dominance, Branching, or Consistency are perceived as mistakes. Outcome read from the abstract.

Nielsen, K., & Rehbeck, J. (2022). When Choices Are Mistakes. American Economic Review, 112(7), 2237–2268. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20201550