Time Preference Is

question 150

Multiple Choice

Time preference is:

• A) the purchase of new capital goods.
• B) income that is not spent on consumption goods.
• C) the desire to have goods and services sooner rather than later (all other things being equal).
• D) a sophisticated IOU that documents who owes how much and when payment must be made.

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