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Technology and Time Inconsistency [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Political Economy, 2020
Policy makers have time-inconsistent preferences if they fear losing power or are endowed with hyperbolic discount factors.
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Time-Inconsistency and Welfare [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Time-inconsistency poses a challenge to traditional Paretian welfare analysis, because it considers agents who cannot agree about what is best for themselves. This makes it difficult for society to decide upon policies that make such individuals better off. Many proposed policy interventions, such as sin taxes for smokers, overeaters, and other addicts,
Jay Bhattacharya, Darius Lakdawalla
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Inconsistency and Subjective Time Dilation Perception in Intertemporal Decision Making

open access: yesFrontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics, 2018
A large number of studies have demonstrated that intertemporal decision making process usually results in preferences that reverse over time, or choices that are inconsistent over time.
Lindomar Soares dos Santos   +2 more
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Adoption of Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL): A Time Inconsistency Perspective

open access: yesJournal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research
Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) is a rapidly growing fintech tool, which is particularly popular among young consumers, with the potential to support more sustainable retail consumption.
Yini Cheng, Jiazhen Huo
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Optimality, Rational Expectations and Time Inconsistency Applied to Inflation Targeting Strategy [PDF]

open access: yesTheoretical and Applied Economics, 2008
The purpose of this paper is to analyse the characteristics of an inflation targeting strategy, using the Barro-Gordon model specific tools. This paper uses the initial Barro-Gordon concepts of inflationary social costs and benefits, adding a new ...
Marius-Corneliu Marinas   +1 more
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Cognitive Dysfunction in Insomnia Phenotypes: Further Evidence for Different Disorders

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychiatry, 2021
Study Objectives: To determine cognitive profiles in individuals with short sleep duration insomnia (SSDI) and normal sleep duration insomnia (NSDI; also, paradoxical insomnia), compared to healthy sleepers.Method: Polysomnographic (PSG) and ...
Michelle Olaithe   +11 more
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Obesity and Hyperbolic Discounting: An Experimental Analysis

open access: yesJournal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2012
Models of rational addiction suggest that obesity is consistent with time-consistent preferences. Behavioral economists maintain that addictions such as alcoholism, smoking and over-eating represent examples of present-bias in decision making that is ...
Timothy J. Richards, Stephen F. Hamilton
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Sleep Inconsistency and Markers of Inflammation

open access: yesFrontiers in Neurology, 2020
Objective: Poor sleep is associated with higher levels of inflammatory biomarkers. Conventionally, higher average time awake, lower average time asleep, and lower sleep efficiency define poor sleep.
Joseph M. Dzierzewski   +5 more
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Yapay Zekâ Enerji Talebinde Çevresel-Fiskal Zaman Tutarsızlığı: Kurumsal Bir Yaklaşım

open access: yesMaliye ve Finans Yazıları
Bu çalışma, yapay zekâ (YZ) temelli teknolojilerin hızla artan enerji talebinin çevresel ve mali etkilerini birlikte değerlendiren özgün bir teorik model geliştirmektedir.
Yıldırım Beyazıt Çiçen
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Environmental Catastrophes under Time-Inconsistent Preferences [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2013
Abstract I analyze optimal natural resource use in an intergenerational model with the risk of a catastrophe. Each generation maximizes a weighted sum of discounted utility (positive) and the probability that a catastrophe will occur at any point in the future (negative).
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