How well do couples know their partners’ preferences? Experimental evidence from joint recreation

IF 2.8 4区经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS

Economia Politica Pub Date : 2024-08-17 DOI:10.1007/s40888-024-00346-x

David Boto-García, Petr Mariel

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Abstract

There are many situations in which one partner must make decisions on behalf of the couple. In such cases, incomplete knowledge about the partner’s likes and desires might lead to suboptimal decisions. This paper investigates whether individuals hold accurate beliefs about their partners’ tastes. In particular, we look at gender differences in knowledge about one’s partner’s preferences in the context of joint recreation. We conduct a Discrete Choice Experiment on a sample of couples from northern Spain to elicit the individual’s own and their prediction of their partner’s preferences for travel characteristics. Using Latent Class Modelling (LCM) to allow for preference heterogeneity, we find that, in general terms, both partners hold pretty accurate beliefs about the other’s likes and dislikes when selecting a travel package. Nonetheless, males are found to know their female partner’s preferences slightly better.

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夫妻对伴侣喜好的了解程度如何？来自共同娱乐的实验证据

在许多情况下，一方必须代表夫妻做出决定。在这种情况下，对伴侣喜好和欲望的不完全了解可能会导致次优决策。本文研究了个人是否对其伴侣的品味持有准确的看法。特别是，我们研究了在共同娱乐的情况下，对伴侣喜好的了解存在的性别差异。我们对来自西班牙北部的夫妻样本进行了离散选择实验，以了解个人自身及其对伴侣旅行特征偏好的预测。通过使用潜类模型（LCM）来考虑偏好异质性，我们发现，一般来说，在选择旅行套餐时，伴侣双方都对对方的喜好持有相当准确的看法。然而，我们发现男性对女性伴侣的偏好了解得更多一些。

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Economia Politica ECONOMICS-

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3.90

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5.60%

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