Temporal Discounting in Politics

• In Event: The Politics of Time

Brief Overview

Do people discount conditions in the country so the same conditions in the future are valued less? We measure discounting in several opt-in surveys and a NORC probability sample and find little evidence for it.

Authors

• Markus Prior, Princeton University

• Maël "Alan" van Beek, Princeton University

• Abdelaziz Alsharawy, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston