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Railroad discounting

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Spatial perspective implies a hyperbolic spatial discount rate. To the extent that discounting with respect to space and to time are analogous, this result provides further evidence that hyperbolic discounting is a good description of how we view the world.

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  • Karp, Larry, 2015. "Railroad discounting," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 126(C), pages 87-90.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:126:y:2015:i:c:p:87-90
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2014.11.017
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    Keywords

    Discounting; Time perspective; Hyperbolic discounting;
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    • D90 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - General

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