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“Economics and Psychology”? The Case of Hyperbolic Discounting*

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Rubinstein, Ariel·2003·International Economic Review
DOI 10.1111/1468-2354.t01-1-00106
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The article questions the methodology of “economics and psychology” in its focus on the case of hyperbolic discounting. Using some experimental results, I argue that the same type of evidence, which rejects the standard constant discount utility functions, can just as easily reject hyperbolic discounting as well. Furthermore, a decision‐making procedure based on similarity relations better explains the observations and is more intuitive. The article concludes that combining “economics and psychology” requires opening the black box of decision makers instead of modifying functional forms.

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Authors
Rubinstein, A.
Venue
International Economic Review
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2003-10-14
Volume
44
Issue
4
Pages
1207-1216
ISSN
  • 0020-6598 (ISSN-L)
  • 1468-2354
DOI
10.1111/1468-2354.t01-1-00106
OpenAlex
W2130954955
Cited by
506
References
3
FWCI
13.08
Type
journal article
Language
en
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