Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/56806 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
Jena Economic Research Papers No. 2010,087
Publisher: 
Friedrich Schiller University Jena and Max Planck Institute of Economics, Jena
Abstract: 
We study time preferences in a real-effort experiment with a one-month horizon. We report that two thirds of choices suggest negative time preferences. Moreover, choice reversal over time is common even if temptation plays no role. We propose and measure three distinct concepts of choice reversal over time to study time consistency. This evidence calls for an important role for anticipatory feelings and uncertainty in intertemporal behavior.
Subjects: 
negative time preferences
choice reversal
risk
time inconsistency
real-effort experiment
JEL: 
C91
D01
D80
D90
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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