identify exogenous determinants of timing. We develop a theory illustrating conditions under which synchronicity will vary and … identify three factors -- the amount of daylight, the timing of television programming, and differences in time zones -- that … can alter timing. Using the American Time Use Survey for 2003 and 2004, we first show that an exogenous shock to time in …

dynamic contexts. We explore implications for theory and welfare …

In Becker (1965) and neoclassical microeconomic theory the value of time is a constant fraction of the hourly wage …. When taken to data, however, this value departs from theoretical predictions, and appears to vary with the amount of time … saved. By observing drivers on freeways opting to enter toll lanes with high-frequency, time-varying prices that secure a …

, distress, payout policy, profitability, and industry. We consider interpretations of these results based on both time … exploit time-varying characteristic mispricing …

financial choices, providing a rationale for the common practice of interpreting MEL choices as a proxy for time preferences …

, structural estimates of present bias, hyperbolicity and transitivity violations -- are driven by complexity rather than time or …