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Intertemporal choices and subjective time
[Modèles de décision intertemporels et temps subjectivement perçu]

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  • André Lapied

    (AMSE - Aix-Marseille Sciences Economiques - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - AMU - Aix Marseille Université - ECM - École Centrale de Marseille - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Olivier Renault

    (EconomiX - EconomiX - UPN - Université Paris Nanterre - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

Abstract

In most disciplines, the nature of time has been the cause of harsh debates between the partisans of objective linear time and those in favor of subjective time. In a surprising way, the nature of time has not much stimulated the interest of economists. This can be explained by the invariable use of a tacit assumption that we call "linear time". According to us, "linear time" brings about a set of misunderstandings in the field of decision theory. First, "linear time" impedes the development of solid behavioral foundations for time discounting. Second, "linear time" leads to the common agreement that only exponential decision makers are time consistent. In this paper, we aim at removing such a misunderstanding by introducing subjective time. In particular, we substitute "linear time" by a more general assumption called "time distance".

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  • André Lapied & Olivier Renault, 2017. "Intertemporal choices and subjective time [Modèles de décision intertemporels et temps subjectivement perçu]," Post-Print hal-01670063, HAL.
  • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-01670063
    DOI: 10.4000/oeconomia.2714
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