A subjective discounted utility model

André Lapied () and Olivier Renault

Economics Bulletin, 2012, vol. 32, issue 2, 1171-1179

Abstract: Intertemporal choices involve a great heterogeneity among discount mechanisms. In order to catch such diversity, we introduce an axiomatic Subjective Discounted Utility (SDU) model based on separability assumption. The originality of the SDU model rests on the fact that decision makers discount subjective periods, namely decision weights can be described as standard discount functions of time perception. In particular, our model appears as a generalization of both exponential and hyperbolic approaches.

Keywords: Discounting; Time Perception; Separability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D9 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-04-12
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