Validating an ultra-short survey measure of patience

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

Economics Letters, 2013, vol. 120, issue 2, 142-145

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 D01 D03 D91 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2013.04.007

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