Survey of time preference, delay discounting models

The paper surveys over twenty models of delay discounting (also known as temporal discounting, time preference, time discounting), that psychologists and economists have put forward to explain the way people actually trade off time and money. Using little more than the basic algebra of powers and lo...

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Main Author: John R. Doyle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Society for Judgment and Decision Making 2013-03-01
Series:Judgment and Decision Making
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Online Access:http://journal.sjdm.org/12/12309/jdm12309.pdf