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Preference Reversals Due to Myopic Discounting of Delayed Reward
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A basic stationarity axiom of economic theory assumes stable preference between two deferred goods separated by a fixed time To test this assumption, we offered subjects choices between delayed rewards, while manipulating the delays to those rewards Preferences typically reversed with changes in delay, as predicted by hyperbolic discounting models of impulsiveness Of 36 subjects, 34 reversed preference from a larger, later reward to a smaller, earlier reward as the delays to both rewards decreased We conclude that the stationarity axiom is not appropriate in models of human choice
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Metadata
- Authors
- Kirby, K. N., & Herrnstein, R. J.
- Affiliations
- Williams College (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Kirby, Kris N.
- Venue
- Psychological Science
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1995-03
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 83-89
- ISSN
- 0956-7976 (ISSN-L)
- 1467-9280
- OpenAlex
- W2135574561
- Cited by
- 591
- References
- 32
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- FWCI
- 6.46
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Psychological Science (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › General Decision Sciences › Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Keywords
- preference reversal, hyperbolic discounting, delayed rewards, impulsivity, time preference, intertemporal choice, delay sensitivity
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