On negative time preferences

Marco Casari and Davide Dragone

Economics Letters, 2011, vol. 111, issue 1, 37-39

Abstract: Survey data show that subjects positively discount both gains and losses but discount gains more heavily than losses. This holds for monetary and non-monetary outcomes. These results do not confirm the findings of two earlier studies about negative time preferences for non-monetary outcomes.

Keywords: Discounting; Gains; Losses; Sequences (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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