  This paper studies how violations of structural assumptions like expected
utility and exponential discounting can be connected to basic rationality
violations, even though these assumptions are typically regarded as independent
building blocks in decision theory. A reference-dependent generalization of
behavioral postulates captures preference shifts in various choice domains.
When reference points are fixed, canonical models hold; otherwise,
reference-dependent preference parameters (e.g., CARA coefficients, discount
factors) give rise to "non-standard" behavior. The framework allows us to study
risk, time, and social preferences collectively, where seemingly independent
anomalies are interconnected through the lens of reference-dependent choice.
