Complexity and Hyperbolic Discounting
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Keywords
hyperbolic discounting; present bias; bounded rationality; cognitive uncertainty;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
- D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
- G00 - Financial Economics - - General - - - General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CBE-2024-02-26 (Cognitive and Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-DEM-2024-02-26 (Demographic Economics)
- NEP-EXP-2024-02-26 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-NEU-2024-02-26 (Neuroeconomics)
- NEP-UPT-2024-02-26 (Utility Models and Prospect Theory)
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