Grit, discounting, & time inconsistency

Christian König-Kersting () and Stefan T. Trautmann ()
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Christian König-Kersting: University of Innsbruck
Stefan T. Trautmann: University of Heidelberg

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2025, vol. 70, issue 3, No 1, 223 pages

Abstract: Abstract We study the association of the perseverance of effort and the consistency of interests components of the psychological measure of grit with economic measures of impatience and time inconsistency in the general population. We find that impatience is associated with grit through the perseverance of effort component. No association of time inconsistency with grit is found. Predicting participants’ financial and health outcomes and behaviors, we find that impatience and grit are predictive for both outcomes, but this is not the case for time inconsistency. Our findings suggest that it can be beneficial for empirical studies of intertemporal decisions to include economic impatience and psychological grit measures.

Keywords: Time preferences; Time inconsistency; Decreasing impatience; Grit; Household finance; Health; D15; G51; I10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1007/s11166-025-09456-8

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