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Intertemporal choice with different short-term and long-term discount factors

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This paper proposes a new axiomatic model of intertemporal choice that allows for dynamic inconsistency. We weaken the classical assumption of stationarity into two related axioms: stationarity in the short-term and stationarity in the long-term. We obtain a model with two independent discount factors, which is flexible enough to capture different time preferences, including a greater impatience for more immediate outcomes (when a long-term discount factor exceeds a compounded short-term discount factor). Our proposed model can accommodate some experimental results that cannot be rationalized by other existing models of dynamic inconsistency (such as quasi-hyperbolic discounting and generalized hyperbolic discounting).

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  • Blavatskyy, Pavlo, 2015. "Intertemporal choice with different short-term and long-term discount factors," Journal of Mathematical Economics, Elsevier, vol. 61(C), pages 139-143.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:mateco:v:61:y:2015:i:c:p:139-143
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jmateco.2015.08.009
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