Essays about: "Hyperbolic Time Preference"

Found 3 essays containing the words Hyperbolic Time Preference.

  1. 1. "For the fifty-eleventh time" : Examining cross-linguistic properties of hyperbolic numerals and quasi-numeral expressions through parallel text extraction

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik

    Author : Amanda Kann; [2022]
    Keywords : hyperbole; hyperbolic quantification; numeral typology; parallel texts; quasi-numerals; hyperbol; hyperbolisk kvantifiering; kvasinumeriska uttryck; parallelltexter; räkneordstypologi;

    Abstract : In some languages, vague and exaggerated quantities can be represented using certain conventionalised numeral expressions with cross-linguistically varying values, such as Danish hundredesytten "117". Hyperbolic quantities can also be expressed using other quantifier expressions (such as English zillion) which, while they do not denote a specific numerical value, have both structural and functional similarities with exact numerals. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Determinants of Micro Saving

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Cecilia Kahn; [2013]
    Keywords : Micro Saving; Behavior; Hyperbolic Time Preference; Temptation; Risk Aversion; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : It is more difficult for the poor to save money than for the wealthy. The poor have no institutions to help them such as state pensions and they are left to fight their personal short comings themselves. One consequence is that the poor save under their ability. READ MORE

  4. 3. Overeating and time-preference - Why consume towards overweight?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Astrid Wirén; [2005]
    Keywords : health economics; Behavioural economics; overweightness; time-preferences; discounting; Economics; econometrics; economic theory; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : There are many theories of time preference that are relevant for the problem of overweight. The DU-model explains how declining utility profiles can be consistent with an individual’s preferences. Such profiles are achieved through overeating and overweight. READ MORE