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Join us for another event in the Microeconomics Research Seminar Series, Autumn Term 2025.

, from Queen Mary University of London, will present this week's Microeconomics Seminar on Repetition Aversion and Dynamic Consideration.

Abstract

We model an agent who holds a stable intrinsic preference over alternatives but also experiences repetition aversion—a dislike for choosing the same object again “too soon”, which leads the agent to temporarily exclude it from consideration. A long sequence of the agent’s choices is observed. Repetition aversion fundamentally disrupts the usual connection between preference and choice: even when x is both strictly intrinsically preferred to y and less repetition aversive, it may not be chosen more frequently than y. We provide a complete and parsimonious behavioural characterisation of repetition-averse choice sequences and establish how intrinsic preference can be disentangled from repetition aversion.

This seminar will be held in the Economics Common Room on Tuesday 9 December at 15.30pm. This event is open to all levels of study and is also open to the public.

To register your place and gain access to the webinar, please contact the seminar organisers.

This event is part of the Microeconomics Research Seminar Series.