Time Preferences is a foundational concept in behavioral and experimental economics that denotes the individual propensity to assign different values to rewards or costs based on their temporal allocation, thereby reflecting the relative preference for immediate versus delayed outcomes.
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A Theory of the Allocation of Time
Gary S. Becker · The Economic Journal · 1965 · 10.2K citations
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Shane Frederick · The Journal of Economic Perspectives · 2005 · 5.3K citations · Full text
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Laura L. Carstensen · Science · 2006 · 2.5K citations · Full text
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