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2. Time preference - Wikipedia

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   Temporal discounting (also known as delay discounting, time discounting) [12] is the tendency of people to discount rewards as they approach a temporal horizon in the future or the past (i.e., become so distant in time that they cease to be valuable or to have addictive effects). To put it another way, it is a tendency to give greater value to ...

3. Discounted utility - Wikipedia

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   It is calculated as the present discounted value of future utility, and for people with time preference for sooner rather than later gratification, it is less than the future utility. The utility of an event x occurring at future time t under utility function u, discounted back to the present (time 0) using discount factor β, is

4. Hyperbolic discounting - Wikipedia

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   Given two similar rewards, humans show a preference for one that arrives in a more prompt timeframe. Humans are said to discount the value of the later reward, by a factor that increases with the length of the delay. In the financial world, this process is normally modeled in the form of exponential discounting, a time-consistent model of ...

5. How to calculate the present and future value of annuities - AOL

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   Annuity due: Payments are due at the beginning of the period. This seemingly minor difference in timing can impact the future value of an annuity because of the time value of money. Money received ...

6. Time value of money - Wikipedia

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   The present value of $1,000, 100 years into the future. Curves represent constant discount rates of 2%, 3%, 5%, and 7%. The time value of money refers to the fact that there is normally a greater benefit to receiving a sum of money now rather than an identical sum later. It may be seen as an implication of the later-developed concept of time ...

7. Retirement annuities: Pros and cons of annuity investing - AOL

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   The rate can be reset periodically over time or increase annually. Indexed annuities: An indexed annuity tracks an index like the S&P 500 and offers a capped return based on the total returns of ...