A simple explanation of some key time preference anomalies

A simple explanation of some key time preference anomalies

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Article ID: iaor201111958
Volume: 44
Issue: 2
Start Page Number: 695
End Page Number: 708
Publication Date: May 2011
Journal: Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'conomique
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Keywords: risk
Abstract:

Individual time discounting behaviour experimentally exhibits important anomalies that are inconsistent with the standard discounted utility model. These include the time preference reversal characteristic of hyperbolic discounting, the magnitude effect and the extreme sign effect. I propose a simple explanation of discounting that accounts for these three anomalies simultaneously, within the context of the expected utility model with uncertainty, risk aversion, and preference for precautionary saving.

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