sources of heterogeneity (both of which can clearly account for the variation in wages and wage growth rates): learning … ability and workers' inter-temporal preferences (discounting). We apply this test to the large observed differences in wages … and wage growth rates between smokers and non-smokers. The evidence supports the discounting hypothesis …

This paper summarizes studies that investigated the relation between temporal discounting and alcohol consumption. The … drinkers and problem drinkers both showed higher rates of temporal discounting than light drinkers, and this difference was … temporal discounting than an exponential function. A third study evaluated predictors of relapse and continued resolution in …

discounting. A commonly recognized bias of standard elicitation techniques is the use of linear preferences for identification … utility function curvature. We present a new methodology for identifying time preferences, both discounting and utility … obtained, dynamically consistent discounting, and limited though significant utility function curvature …