Myopic or Future-Oriented? Comparing the Time Horizon of Retrospective and Prospective Policy Evaluations

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Brief Overview

We disentangle myopia from preference for improvement by comparing evaluations of past and future policy outcomes. Preference for improvement, not preference for temporally proximate benefits, explains evaluations.

Authors

• Markus Prior, Princeton University

• Talbot M Andrews, University of Connecticut