Search Results - subject:"Individual discount rate"

Drivers of smoking and physical activity in Russia : do individual time preferences matter?

Kossova, Tatiana V.; Kossova, Elena V.; Sheluntcova, … - In: Russian journal of economics 8 (2022) 4, pp. 381-390

preferences are determined through a hypothetical money experiment. An individual discount rate is used as a proxy for the rate … negative influence of the higher individual discount rate on doing physical exercises and a positive influence of the higher … individual discount rate on smoking. Social policy should accentuate the short-term benefits from smoking cessation and regular …

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Fast-food consumption and individual time preferences in Russia : evidence for the social policy

Kossova, Tatʹjana; Sheluntcova, Maria - In: Journal of economic studies 51 (2024) 5, pp. 965-978

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Estimating the Relationship Between Rate of Time Preferences And Socio-Economic Factors In Russia

Kossova, Tatiana; Kossova, Elena; Sheluntcova, Maria - In: European Research Studies Journal XVII (2014) 1, pp. 39-68

Rate of time preferences reflects an individual’s opinion on how to distribute consumption over time. In this paper we examine various socio-economic factors that are related to rate of time preferences in Russia. The data are obtained from a survey from the Yuri Levada Analytical Center in...

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Estimating the relationship between rate of time preferences and healthy lifestyle in Russia

Kossova, Tatiana; Kossova, Elena; Sheluntcova, Maria - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2013

This paper aims to reveal the relationship between rate of time preferences (RTP) and healthy lifestyles of Russians. This rate shows individual preferences for the distribution of consumption over time. We examine such healthy and unhealthy behavior as smoking, drinking alcohol, doing physical...

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Estimating the relationship between rate of time preferences and socio-economic factors in Russia

Kossova, Tatiana; Kossova, Elena; Sheluntcova, Maria - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2012

Rate of time preferences reflect an individual’s opinion on how to distribute consumption over time. In this paper we examine various socio-economic factors that are related to rate of time preferences in Russia. The data are obtained from a survey from the Yuri Levada Analytical Center that...

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Individual risk attitude, product innovation and firm performance. Evidence from survey data.

Cucculelli, Marco - In: Economics Bulletin 32 (2012) 4, pp. 3197-3212

We use survey data on individual risk attitude and discount rates to test the impact of individual risk profile on the firm innovation activity and firm performance. Empirical evidence from 163 Italian entrepreneurs shows that risk-loving individuals and individuals with smaller than average...

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Alcohol consumption and individual time preferences of Russians

Kossova, Tatʹjana; Kossova, Elena; Sheluntcova, Maria - In: International review of economics : journal of civil economy 64 (2017) 1, pp. 47-85

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Estimating the relationship between rate of time preferences and socio-economic factors in Russia

Kossova, Tatʹjana; Kossova, Elena; Sheluntcova, Maria - In: European research studies : an international … 17 (2014) 1, pp. 39-68

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Consumer Discount Rates and the Decision to Repair or Replace a Durable Product: A Sustainable Consumption Issue

McCollough, John - In: Journal of Economic Issues 44 (2010) 1, pp. 183-204

America has often been labeled a "throw-away" society due to the large amount of products that could have been reused but are discarded from a typical household on a daily basis. This paper attempts to answer the question of why, when given two consumers with the same income level and...

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