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This paper estimates time preference parameters using commonly-applied methodologies, with the aim of investigating the link between these measures and actual economic behaviour. An experiment was conducted in the city of Thies, in Senegal, using the unique reference numbers of banknotes as a...
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exhibits a rising or non-monotonic pattern. In important cases, hyperbolic discounting, which is empirically strongly supported … model with Cobb-Douglas production technology. We also identify the cases where hyperbolic discounting is observationally … equivalent to exponential discounting. In those cases, hyperbolic discounting does not affect the saving rate dynamics. Numerical …
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: hyperbolic discounting and short planning horizons. We show that, in contrast to the commonly accepted argument, in general … (except for the special case of logarithmic utility) a model with hyperbolic discounting is not observationally equivalent to … one with exponential discounting. We also show that our framework implies a hump-shaped saving rate dynamics that is …
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Inequity plays a fundamental role in the evaluation of social welfare in many dimensions.We revisit the concept of inequity, whether across states of world (uncertainty), across individuals (inequality) and across generations (intergenerational equity), using a common framework generalizing the...
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