Introducing upfront losses as well as gains decreases impatience in intertemporal choices with rewards

People tend to prefer smaller and sooner (SS) rewards over larger and later (LL) ones even when the latter are much larger. Previous research have identified several ways to enhance people's patience. Adding to this literature, the current paper demonstrates that introduction of upfront losses...

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Main Authors: Cheng-Ming Jiang, Feng-Pei Hu, Long-Fei Zhu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Society for Judgment and Decision Making 2014-07-01
Series:Judgment and Decision Making
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Online Access:http://journal.sjdm.org/13/131129/jdm131129.pdf