Dodd, Mark C. - In: Economics & Human Biology 12 (2014) C, pp. 83-97
This paper explores the relationship between intertemporal discounting and body weight, using stated preference … measures of intertemporal discounting, and the body mass index (BMI) to represent relative body weight. The empirical analysis … is shown that an indicator of intertemporal discounting elicited from a hypothetical monetary trade-off has a significant …