Why do professional athletes have different time preferences than non-athletes?

The objective of this paper is to measure and compare the subjective time discounting of professional athletes and non-athletes. By using a questionnaire, we found higher subjective discounting for professional athletes than for non-athletes. We also found that the professional athletes' win-or...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Alex Krumer, Tal Shavit, Mosi Rosenboim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2011-08-01
Series:Judgment and Decision Making
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Online Access:http://journal.sjdm.org/11/11315/jdm11315.pdf