New Insights into Intertemporal Preference: Beyond Now, Self, and the Lab

Friday, May 22, 2020 · Virtual

Oral · General

This symposium brings together studies that address previously unexplained areas in theory and empirical findings in intertemporal choice research. Each presentation offers explanations respectively on present-biased preference, asymmetry in attention, interpersonal choice and the relationship between time preference and field behavior, collectively enhancing comprehensive understanding of intertemporal preference.

Chairs & Discussants

Minkwang JangChair
University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Presentations

How Soon Is Now? Present Bias and the Mental Accounting of TimeMinkwang Jang
What Drives Asymmetric Attention to Intertemporal Opportunity Costs? a Cognitive Process AnalysisChristopher Olivola
Agent's Impatience: A Self-Other Decision Model of Intertemporal ChoicesAdelle Yang
How Well (and Maybe Why) Laboratory-Derived Estimates of Temporal Discounting Relate to Self-Reported BehaviorsDaniel Bartels

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New Insights into Intertemporal Preference: Beyond Now, Self, and the Lab

Chairs & Discussants

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