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Do all constructive strongly monotone inter-temporal orders exhibit impatience?

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  • Banerjee, Kuntal
  • Dubey, Ram Sewak

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In this paper we show that if a strongly monotone inter-temporal order exhibits no preference towards the advancement of timing of future utility on any infinite utility stream, then the existence of such an order must involve some non-constructive device.

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  • Banerjee, Kuntal & Dubey, Ram Sewak, 2014. "Do all constructive strongly monotone inter-temporal orders exhibit impatience?," Journal of Mathematical Economics, Elsevier, vol. 52(C), pages 66-69.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:mateco:v:52:y:2014:i:c:p:66-69
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jmateco.2014.03.009
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