I derive a social planner's optimal information design in an environment with quasi-hyperbolic discounting consumers …

Most evidence of hyperbolic discounting is based on violations of either stationarity or time consistency as observed … discounting is a plausible explanation for choice reversals only if violations of stationarity and time consistency overlap. Our … conclude that when incomes fluctuate, one can only identify hyperbolic discounting by eliciting violations of both stationarity …

Analysis of an original nationwide Internet survey reveals that health-related behavior shows associations with three … aspects of time discounting: (i) impatience, measured by the overall discount rate; (ii) present bias, measured by the degree … are indicative of being a time-inconsistent procrastinator, and classified as sophisticated otherwise. The health …

inconsistency with grit is found. Predicting participants' financial and health outcomes and behaviors, we find that both impatience …