Rethinking Hyperbolic Discounting (or, The Percentage Fallacy, Continued)

重新审视双曲贴现（续：百分比谬误）

作者: Aaron Swartz | 来源: aaronsw.com | 时间: 2010-10-07

In a famous experiment, some people are asked to choose between $100 today or $120 tomorrow. Many choose the first. Meanwhile, some people are asked to choose between $100 sixty days from now or $120 sixty-one days from now. Almost everyone choose the laster. The puzzle is this: why are people willing to sacrifice $20 to avoid waiting a day right now but not in the future?

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