Asymmetric Discounting in Intertemporal Choice

Citation: E.U. Weber, E.J. Johnson, K.F. Milch, H. Chang, J.C. Brodscholl and D.G. Goldstein (June 1, 2007) Asymmetric Discounting in Intertemporal Choice. Psychological Science (RSS)
DOI (original publisher): 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2007.01932.x
Semantic Scholar (metadata): 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2007.01932.x
Sci-Hub (fulltext): 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2007.01932.x
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Theoretical and Practical Relevance

This experiment shows that thought listing can reduce excessive impatience which plays a large role in health, environmental, and financial decisions. The applications are so vast that it would be difficult to enumerate.

The research here was mentioned in the New York Times Magazine special on the research lab. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/19/magazine/19Science-t.html