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Happiness and Time Preference: The Effect of Positive Affect in a Random-Assignment Experiment

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Ifcher, John, Zarghamee, Homa·2011·American Economic Review
DOI 10.1257/aer.101.7.3109
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We conduct a random-assignment experiment to investigate whether positive affect impacts time preference, where time preference denotes a preference for present over future utility. Our result indicates that, compared to neutral affect, mild positive affect significantly reduces time preference over money. This result is robust to various specification checks, and alternative interpretations of the result are considered. Our result has implications for the effect of happiness on time preference and the role of emotions in economic decision making, in general. Finally, we reconfirm the ubiquity of time preference and start to explore its determinants. (DJEL D12, D83, I31)

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Authors
Ifcher, J., & Zarghamee, H.
Venue
American Economic Review
Publisher
American Economic Association
Published
2011-12-01
Volume
101
Issue
7
Pages
3109-3129
ISSN
0002-8282 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1257/aer.101.7.3109
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W2056856748
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369
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14
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journal article
Language
en
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