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Measurement of Individual Time Preferences Using A Laboratory Approach [PDF]
The precise measurement of individual time preferences in assessing the economic plans that individuals are involved in, in the estimation of social time preferences, in the assessment of environmental and health plans is very crucial.
Mohammad Amin Zandi
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Bias in Wages and Time Preferences (An Application of Behavioral Economics) [PDF]
The main goal of this article is an applied investigation of one of the types of biases caused by overconfidence, under the heading of bias in expected relative wage (or individual overplacement) and its relationship with time preferences (in the form of
Mohaddeseh Pouralimardan +1 more
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Do economic preferences predict pro-environmental behaviour? [PDF]
Understanding the determinants of pro-environmental behaviour is key to addressing many environmental challenges. Economic theory and empirical evidence suggest that human behaviour is partly determined by people's economic preferences which therefore ...
Weber, Till O +2 more
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Time-Inconsistent Bargaining and Cross-Commitments
The paper studies bargaining games involving players with present-biased preferences. The paper shows that the relative timing of bargaining rewards and bargaining costs will determine whether the players’ present-bias will affect bargaining outcomes. In
Manuel A. Utset
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The Factors Associated with Risk and Time Preferences: Evidence from Australian Data
Risk and time preferences are crucial to economic growth because they can influence people's decisions about saving and investing. These preferences may partially explain inequality, the reason why the poor will always be poor.
Angelita Titis Pertiwi
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Farmers’ contract breach behavior is cited as one of the major stumbling blocks in the sustainable expansion of contract farming in many developing countries. This paper examines farmers’ contract breach decisions from the perspective of time preferences.
Jing HOU +3 more
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On negative time preferences [PDF]
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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Time Matters: Time Perspectives Predict Intertemporal Prosocial Preferences
The study utilizes the Chinese version of the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory (ZTPI-C) and a novelty intertemporal prosocial discounting paradigm to explore the preferences of individuals with the Present Impulsive Time Perspective (PITP) and the ...
Teng Lu, Dapeng Liang, Mei Hong
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Procedures for eliciting time preferences [PDF]
Precursors of this paper were originally circulated under the titles ‘The elicitation of time preferences’ and ‘A Case of Framing Effects: The Elicitation of Time Preferences’ -these received partial financial support through the ESRC grant RES-000-22 ...
Mariotti, Marco +3 more
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Time preferences and fertility: Evidence from Italy
Background: Fertility decisions, as all life actions, imply a balancing of anticipated costs and benefits whose expectations are formed under uncertainty.
Daniela Bellani +2 more
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