Impatience, Anticipatory Feelings and Uncertainty:A Dynamic Experiment on Time Preferences

Marco Casari and Davide Dragone

No 80-2011, AICCON Working Papers from Associazione Italiana per la Cultura della Cooperazione e del Non Profit

Abstract: We study time preferences in a real-effort experiment with a one-month horizon. We report that two thirds of choices suggest negative time preferences. Moreover, choice reversal over time is common even if temptation plays no role. We propose and measure three distinct concepts of choice reversal over time to study time consistency. This evidence calls for an important role for anticipatory feelings and uncertainty in intertemporal behavior

Keywords: negative time preferencesg; choice reversal; Grisk; time inconsistency; real-effort; experiment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C91 D01 D80 D90 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 49 pages
Date: 2011-01-03
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Working Paper: Impatience, Anticipatory Feelings and Uncertainty: A Dynamic Experiment on Time Preferences (2011)
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