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标题：Tempospect Theory of Intertemporal Choice
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作者：Taiki Takahashi ; Ruokang Han
期刊名称：Psychology
印刷版ISSN：2152-7180
电子版ISSN：2152-7199
出版年度：2012
卷号：3
期号：8
页码：555-557
DOI：10.4236/psych.2012.38082
出版社：Scientific Research Publishing
摘要：Anomalies in intertemporal choice (e.g. hyperbolic discounting, subadditive discounting, a sign effect, a magnitude effect, and a delay-speedup asymmetry) have been investigated in neuroeconomics and behavioral neuroeconomics. In this study we propose a “tempospect” theory of intertemporal choice which can account for these anomalies in intertemporal choice. The key features of the present theory are: 1) decision over time is made with psychological time; and 2) psychological time is determined by a change in delay until receipt (i.e., positive or negative time-interval between options); 3) psychological time is less sensitive to a decrease in delay in comparison to an increase in delay; and 4) psychological time is influenced by the sign and magnitude of the delayed outcomes. Implications of the present theory for neuroeconomics are discussed.
关键词：Time Discounting; Psychological Time; Psychophysics; Behavioral Economics; Neuroeconomics