Validating an Ultra-Short Survey Measure of Patience

Thomas Vischer, Thomas Dohmen, Armin Falk, David Huffman, Jürgen Schupp, Uwe Sunde and Gert Wagner

No 499, SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research from DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP)

Abstract: This study presents results of the validation of an ultra-short survey measure of patience included in the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). Survey responses predict intertemporal choice behavior in incentive-compatible decisions in a representative sample of the German adult population.

Keywords: Time preferences; discounting; validation of survey measures (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C91 D1 D3 D91 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 8 p.
Date: 2012
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