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  2. Time preference - Wikipedia

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    In behavioral economics, time preference (or time discounting, [1] delay discounting, temporal discounting, [2] long-term orientation [3]) is the current relative valuation placed on receiving a good at an earlier date compared with receiving it at a later date. [1] Applications for these preferences include finance, health, climate change.

  3. Social discount rate - Wikipedia

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    Some argue that the only reason for discriminating against future generations is that these generations might cease to exist in the future. Thus the rate of time preference should equal zero since the probability for such a catastrophic event is so low (assumed to be 0.1% per year). [8] This infers that there is equal weight given to all ...

  4. Dynamic inconsistency - Wikipedia

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    In economics, dynamic inconsistency or time inconsistency is a situation in which a decision-maker's preferences change over time in such a way that a preference can become inconsistent at another point in time. This can be thought of as there being many different "selves" within decision makers, with each "self" representing the decision-maker ...

  5. Price discrimination - Wikipedia

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    As coupons have a negative relationship with time, customers with a high value of time will not find it worthwhile to spend 20 minutes in order to save $5 only. Meanwhile, customers with a low value of time will be satisfied by getting $5 less from their purchase as they tend to be more price-sensitive. [48]

  6. High–low pricing - Wikipedia

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    An alternative way to use highlow pricing is to increase the price for a short time, sometimes as much as 500 per cent, after which it is "discounted" to what its normal selling price. [4] After the price is reduced to the "sale" price, it may often stay at that price for a long time, sometimes longer than two weeks, after which customers ...

  7. How Does Costco Keep Its Prices So Low?

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    Costco is notorious across the U.S. for its large warehouse-style stores, bulk products, and highly competitive prices. Amazon Prime Big Deal Days: 8 Items for Less Than $25 That Are Worth...

  8. Americans may have to kiss goodbye to Walmart’s ‘everyday low ...

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    And according to Tax Foundation estimates, Trump’s proposed tariffs could generate $1.2 trillion in tax revenue, however, at the same time, they could cost the country 344,900 jobs and reduce ...

  9. Contingent valuation - Wikipedia

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    Contingent valuation surveys were first proposed in theory by S.V. Ciriacy-Wantrup (1947) as a method for eliciting market valuation of a non-market good.The first practical application of the technique was in 1963 when Robert K. Davis used surveys to estimate the value hunters and tourists placed on a particular wilderness area.