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Universal time preference. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2021 Time preferences are central to human decision making; therefore, a thorough understanding of their international differences is highly relevant. Previous measurements, however, vary widely in their methodology, from questions answered on the Likert ...
Marc Oliver Rieger +2 more
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Changes in Time Preference Caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic
East Asian Economic Review, 2023 This paper investigates the relationship between the spread of COVID-19 and time preference. In contrast to previous studies that compared time preferences before and during the pandemic, this study estimates time preferences during the COVID-19 period ...
Inyong Shin
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The Agricultural Origins of Time Preference. [PDF]
Am Econ Rev, 2016 This research explores the origins of observed differences in time preference across countries and regions. Exploiting a natural experiment associated with the expansion of suitable crops for cultivation in the course of the Columbian Exchange, the research establishes that pre-industrial agro-climatic characteristics which were conducive to higher ...
Galor O, Özak Ö.
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Time preference, outcome expectancy, and self-management in patients with type 2 diabetes [PDF]
Patient Preference and Adherence, 2018 Florian M Karl,1,2 Rolf Holle,1,2 Lars Schwettmann,1 Annette Peters,2,3 Michael Laxy1,2 1Institute of Health Economics and Health Care Management, Helmholtz Zentrum München (GmbH), German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg ...
Karl FM +4 more
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Conceptualizing Time Preference: A Life-History Analysis [PDF]
Evolutionary Psychology, 2014 Life-history theory (LHT) has drawn upon the concept of “time preference” as a psychological mechanism for the development of fast and slow strategies. However, the conceptual and empirical nature of this mechanism is ill-defined.
Lee T. Copping +2 more
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Intention to provide ridesharing services: Determinants from the perspective of driver-partners in a gig economy [PDF]
Problems and Perspectives in Management, 2022 Research on ridesharing platforms under the gig economy has focused much on the incentives and barriers of users, leaving many gaps in understanding drivers’ intention to provide ridesharing services.
Hung Le Van +3 more
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Cogent Social Sciences, 2023 The Heckman sample selection technique was applied in modelling the households’ maize marketed surplus decision under risk and time preference assumption. We assumed that maize returns depend on farmers’ market selection choices.
Michael Kamoyo, Albert Makochekanwa
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Measuring Time Preferences [PDF]
Journal of Economic Literature, 2020 We review research that measures time preferences—i.e., preferences over intertemporal trade—offs. We distinguish between studies using financial flows, which we call “money earlier or later” (MEL) decisions, and studies that use time-dated consumption/effort.
Jonathan, Cohen +3 more
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The impact of uncertainty on farmers’ adoption of straw returning technology in Northwest China
Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2023 Straw returning technology has the potential to not only enhance the crop’s nitrogen yield but also protect the ecological environment and enhance crop yield.
Yan Ge, Haixia Wu
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On negative time preferences [PDF]
Economics Letters, 2010 Survey data show that subjects positively discount both gains and losses but discount gains more heavily than losses. This holds for monetary and non-monetary outcomes.
CASARI, MARCO, DRAGONE, DAVIDE
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