Weighted discounting: on group diversity, time-inconsistency, and consequences for investment

This paper presents the class of weighted discount functions, which contains the discount functions commonly used in economics and finance. Weighted discount functions may describe the discounting behavior of groups, uncertainty about what discount rate to use, present-biased time preferences, and a...

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Main Authors: Ebert, Sebastian (Author) , Wei, Wei (Author) , Zhou, Xun Yu (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 2020
In: Journal of economic theory
Year: 2020, Volume: 189, Pages: 1-40
DOI:10.1016/j.jet.2020.105089
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jet.2020.105089
Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022053118305295
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Author Notes:Sebastian Ebert, Wei Wei, Xun Yu Zhou
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