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intertemporal choice
Chabris, Laibson, Schuldt
Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks1 Jan 2010
NobleIDark:/48914/w1/20260515/58E60877DOI10.1057/9780230280786_22
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intertemporal choice
Chabris, Laibson, Schuldt · Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks · 2010 · Subscription
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Abstract
Most choices require decision-makers to trade-off costs and benefits at different points in time. Decisions with consequences in multiple time periods are referred to as intertemporal choices. Decisions about savings, work effort, education, nutrition, exercise, and health care are all intertemporal choices.