Railroad discounting

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2015
Volume: 126
Issue: C
Pages: 87-90

Score contribution per author:

1.005 = (α=2.01 / 1 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

Spatial perspective implies a hyperbolic spatial discount rate. To the extent that discounting with respect to space and to time are analogous, this result provides further evidence that hyperbolic discounting is a good description of how we view the world.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:126:y:2015:i:c:p:87-90
Journal Field
General
Author Count
1
Added to Database
2026-01-25