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Impatience and Inconsistency in Intertemporal Choice: An Experimental Analysis

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  • María José Muñoz Torrecillas
  • Taiki Takahashi
  • Jesús Gil Roales-Nieto
  • Salvador Cruz Rambaud
  • Zaida Callejón Ruiz
  • Blas Torrecillas Jover

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In this article the experiment carried out by Takahashi et al. [2009] is replicated to analyze the influence of culture, gender, origin (urban or rural), and socioeconomic level on the impulsivity and consistency of decision-making processes concerning monetary gains and losses. The results indicate that Spanish students show inconsistency, and more impulsivity over gains (i.e., more impatience, as they discount delayed outcomes more rapidly) than do Japanese and American students. Additionally, participants from urban areas show more impatience over gains than do participants from rural ones, women are more impatient than men are over losses, and participants of different socioeconomic levels show differences in their impulsivity parameters.

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  • María José Muñoz Torrecillas & Taiki Takahashi & Jesús Gil Roales-Nieto & Salvador Cruz Rambaud & Zaida Callejón Ruiz & Blas Torrecillas Jover, 2018. "Impatience and Inconsistency in Intertemporal Choice: An Experimental Analysis," Journal of Behavioral Finance, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 19(2), pages 190-198, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:hbhfxx:v:19:y:2018:i:2:p:190-198
    DOI: 10.1080/15427560.2017.1374274
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    1. Viviana Ventre & Roberta Martino & Fabrizio Maturo, 2023. "Subjective perception of time and decision inconsistency in interval effect," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 57(5), pages 4855-4880, October.
    2. Marc-Arthur Diaye & André Lapidus & Christian Schmidt, 2021. "From Decision in Risk to Decision in Time - and Return: A Restatement of Probability Discounting," Working Papers hal-03256606, HAL.

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