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dc.contributor.authorKirby, Kris N.en
dc.contributor.authorWinston, Gordon C.en
dc.contributor.authorSantiesteban, Marianaen
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-29T16:09:43Z-
dc.date.available2009-01-29T16:09:43Z-
dc.date.issued2002-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/23510-
dc.description.abstractBecause the rewards of academic performance in college are often delayed, the delay-discounting model of impulsiveness (Ainslie, 1975) predicts that academic performance should tend to decrease as people place less weight on future outcomes. To test this hypothesis, we estimated (hyperbolic) discount rates for real delayed monetary rewards ($10 to $20) using second-price auction procedures with 247 undergraduates at two liberal arts colleges. College GPA was reliably correlated with discount rates, r = -.19 (p = .003), and remained reliable after partialling out SAT scores. The results add to the external validity of the discounting model of impulsiveness, and point to a possible contributor to academic performance of interest in the study of higher education.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aWilliams College, Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education (WPEHE) |cWilliamstown, MAen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aWPEHE Discussion Paper |x63en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.stwBildungsverhaltenen
dc.subject.stwStudiumen
dc.subject.stwBildungsertragen
dc.subject.stwAbzinsungen
dc.subject.stwSchätzungen
dc.subject.stwUSAen
dc.titleImpatience and grades : delay-discount rates correlate negatively with college GPA-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn366115235en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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