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Posts tagged with 'time preferences'

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July 13, 2015

Socio-economic background shapes children’s personality

In many countries, people find it hard to climb up the economic ladder. According to a recent IZA paper, one […]

  • academic achievement
  • altruism
  • children
  • disadvantaged
  • education
  • income
  • IQ
  • personality traits
  • risk preferences
  • socio-economic status
  • time preferences
  • Armin Falk
  • Fabian Kosse
  • Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch
  • Thomas Deckers
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June 9, 2014

Is becoming criminal a matter of time?

When homo economicus thinks about committing a crime, it’s all about balancing: the benefit of the crime against the disutility […]

  • crime
  • discount rate
  • education
  • human capital
  • Sweden
  • time preferences
  • Bart H.H. Golsteyn
  • David Akerlund
  • Hans Grönqvist
  • Lena Lindahl
Research

March 25, 2013

Eat sugar and make better choices

Formal economic models rarely consider the mental conditions of individuals when analyzing their behavior and the decisions they make. In […]

  • behavioral economics
  • cognitive skills
  • laboratory experiment
  • patience
  • time preferences
  • Marie Claire Villeval
  • Michael A. Kuhn
  • Peter J. Kuhn

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