For Alice Hijr the Passage of Time Does Not Reverse

question 34

Essay

For Alice Hijr the passage of time does not reverse her decisions. She discounts deferred income streams by a constant fraction per unit of time. Alice is patient. How would a person with hyperbolic preferences differ from Alice?

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