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Some Common Confusions About Hyperbolic Discounting [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2008
There is a lot of confusion over what "hyperbolic discounting" means. I try to clear up that confusion.
openaire   +1 more source

Cost Utility Analysis of Fluticasone Exhalation Delivery System Versus Budesonide Nasal Irrigation for Chronic Rhinosinusitis With Nasal Polyps

open access: yesInternational Forum of Allergy &Rhinology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) is managed after sinus surgery with topical corticosteroids. Given limited distribution of nasal steroid sprays, patients have the option of either steroid nasal irrigation (SNI) or exhalation delivery system with fluticasone (EDS‐FLU).
Daniel Xiao   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Physical and cognitive effort discounting across different reward magnitudes: Tests of discounting models. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2017
The effort required to obtain a rewarding outcome is an important factor in decision-making. Describing the reward devaluation by increasing effort intensity is substantial to understanding human preferences, because every action and choice that we make ...
Wojciech Białaszek   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Risk and Time Preferences: Linking Experimental and Household Survey Data from Vietnam [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
We conducted experiments in Vietnamese villages to determine the predictors of risk and time preferences. In villages with higher mean income, people are less loss-averse and more patient.
Camerer, Colin F.   +2 more
core   +3 more sources

Coverage generosity of novel anti‐rheumatic drugs in Medicare Advantage and stand‐alone Part D plans

open access: yesArthritis &Rheumatology, Accepted Article.
Objective To examine coverage of self‐administered disease‐modifying anti‐rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) in Medicare Part D. Methods Using 2022‐2026 Part D formulary data, we assessed coverage of the following DMARD classes that treat relapsed rheumatoid arthritis (RA): tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors, T‐cell co‐stimulatory modulator, Interleukin‐6 ...
Youngmin Kwon   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rational hyperbolic discounting

open access: yes, 2019
How much should you receive in a week to be indifferent to \$ 100 in six months? Note that the indifference requires a rule to ensure the similarity between early and late payments. Assuming that rational individuals have low accuracy, then the following rule is valid: if the amounts to be paid are much less than the personal wealth, then the $q ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Regional Shopping Objectives in British Grocery Retail Transactions Using Segmented Topic Models

open access: yesApplied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Understanding the customer behaviours behind transactional data has high commercial value in the grocery retail industry. Customers generate millions of transactions every day, choosing and buying products to satisfy specific shopping needs.
Mariflor Vega Carrasco   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Life Insurance and Annuity Demand under Hyperbolic Discounting

open access: yesRisks, 2018
In this paper, we analyse and construct a lifetime utility maximisation model with hyperbolic discounting. Within the model, a number of assumptions are made: complete markets, actuarially fair life insurance/annuity is available, and investors have time-
Siqi Tang, Sachi Purcal, Jinhui Zhang
doaj   +1 more source

Cost‐utility analysis of nusinersen–risdiplam switch in patients with spinal muscular atrophy in Croatia: A discrete event simulation model

open access: yesBritish Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Introduction In recent years, the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a rare disease, has significantly progressed, improving patients' survival and overall quality of life. However, current SMA treatments are expensive, and some (nusinersen) are very inconvenient for patients.
Andrej Belančić   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Reinforcement Learning Model of Precommitment in Decision Making

open access: yesFrontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2010
Addiction and many other disorders are linked to impulsivity, where a suboptimal choice is preferred when it is immediately available. One solution to impulsivity is precommitment: constraining one's future to avoid being offered a suboptimal choice.
Zeb eKurth-Nelson, A. David eRedish
doaj   +1 more source

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