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Hyperbolic discounting refers to the tendency for people to increasingly choose a smaller-sooner reward over a larger-later reward as the delay occurs sooner rather than later in time.
Aldo G. S. Ventre, Viviana Ventre
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Some Common Confusions about Hyperbolic Discounting [PDF]
There is much confusion over what "hyperbolic discounting" means. I argue that what matters is the use of relativistic instead of objective time, not the shape of the discount function.time inconsistency, hyperbolic ...
Eric Rasmusen
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ESG Performance and Credit Risk: Evidence From Chinese Manufacturing Companies
ABSTRACT This study investigates the effect of corporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance on credit risk using a sample of manufacturing firms listed on China's Shanghai and Shenzhen A‐share markets from 2009 to 2021. Employing fixed effects, the generalised method of moments, and instrumental variable models, we find that ...
Yanan Wang +4 more
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Abstract Objective To evaluate the financial applicability of the DNA‐HPV test for cervical cancer screening in a developing country like Brazil. Methods This was a retrospective, observational study based on documentary data, conducted to assess the cost‐effectiveness of cervical cancer screening strategies in Brazil.
Felipe Polido Urbano +4 more
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From Reactive to Proactive Volatility Modeling With Hemisphere Neural Networks
ABSTRACT We revisit maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) for macroeconomic density forecasting through a novel neural network architecture with dedicated mean and variance hemispheres. Our architecture features several key ingredients making MLE work in this context.
Philippe Goulet Coulombe +2 more
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Interpreting Time Horizon Effects in Inter-Temporal Choice [PDF]
We compare different designs that have been used to test for an impact of time horizon on discounting, using real incentives and two representative data sets.
Armin Falk +3 more
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What Explains International Interest Rate Co‐Movement?
ABSTRACT The international co‐movement of interest rates reflects correlated business‐cycle fluctuations, largely driven by demand shocks. Monetary policy in advanced economies follows domestic mandates—inflation and the output gap—and does not respond to foreign policy shocks.
Annika Camehl, Gregor von Schweinitz
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The Effect of a Constant or a Declining Discount Rate on Optimal Investment Timing [PDF]
This paper shows that exponential discounting may have anadvancing effect on the timing of investment, not captured bysensitivity analysis carried out for the complete range of instantaneous discount rates implicit in declining discounting.Declining ...
Gonzalo Edwards
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Abstract Consumer impatience has long been examined through the lens of intertemporal choice, where patience is inferred from decisions to accept delayed rewards. Yet, this conceptualization captures only the choice to wait, not the experience of waiting.
Selin A. Malkoc
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Folk Theorems for Present-Biased Players [PDF]
The folk theorems for infinitely repeated games with discounting presume that the discount rate between two successive periods is constant. Following the literature on quasi-exponential or hyperbolic discounting, I model the repeated interaction between ...
Bernergård, Axel
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