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| Author(s): |
Destefano, Natalia
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Martinez, Alexandre Souto
[1]
Total Authors: 2
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| Affiliation: | [1] Univ Sao Paulo, FFCLRP, BR-14040901 Ribeirao Preto, SP - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 1
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | PHYSICA A-STATISTICAL MECHANICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS; v. 390, n. 10, p. 1763-1772, MAY 15 2011. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 7 |
| Abstract | |
Intertemporal decision making involves choices among options whose effects occur at different moments. These choices are influenced not only by the effect of reward value perception at different moments, but also by the time perception effect. One of the main difficulties that affect standard experiments involving intertemporal choices is the simultaneity of both effects on time discounting. In this paper, we unify the psychophysical laws and discount value functions using the one-parameter exponential and logarithmic functions from nonextensive statistical mechanics. Also, we propose to measure the degree of inconsistency. This quantity allow us to discriminate both effects of time and value perception on discounting process and, by integration, obtain other main quantities like impulsivity and discount functions. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 09/17733-5 - Objectivity and Subjectivity Models in Inconsistency/Impulsivity and Risk Aversion in Decision Making. |
| Grantee: | Natália Destefano |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |