TY - JOUR
T1 - Factors affecting soldiers' time preference
T2 - A field study in Israel
AU - Shavit, Tal
AU - Lahav, Eyal
AU - Benzion, Uri
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to thank the research authority at the School of Business Administration in the Academic College of Management Academic Studies (Israel) for the financial support.
PY - 2013/6
Y1 - 2013/6
N2 - The current field study examines how the day of the week, optimism level and other personal characteristics influences the time preference of soldiers. To do this, we compare the time discount of soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces at the beginning of the work week (Sunday in Israel) and just prior to the weekend (on Thursday afternoon in Israel). The soldiers were asked to answer questionnaires regarding their time preferences, and dispositional optimism. We found that the soldiers have a higher subjective discount rate on Thursday when they need money for weekend activities. In addition, we found that optimism, being a firstborn sibling, having parents with higher earnings, and time remaining until discharge are negatively related to subjective discount rate. Conversely, having a balanced bank account is positively related to subjective discount rate.
AB - The current field study examines how the day of the week, optimism level and other personal characteristics influences the time preference of soldiers. To do this, we compare the time discount of soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces at the beginning of the work week (Sunday in Israel) and just prior to the weekend (on Thursday afternoon in Israel). The soldiers were asked to answer questionnaires regarding their time preferences, and dispositional optimism. We found that the soldiers have a higher subjective discount rate on Thursday when they need money for weekend activities. In addition, we found that optimism, being a firstborn sibling, having parents with higher earnings, and time remaining until discharge are negatively related to subjective discount rate. Conversely, having a balanced bank account is positively related to subjective discount rate.
KW - Birth order
KW - Discount rates
KW - Military
KW - Optimism
KW - Soldiers
KW - Time preference
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84875273390&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.socec.2013.02.014
DO - 10.1016/j.socec.2013.02.014
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AN - SCOPUS:84875273390
SN - 1053-5357
VL - 44
SP - 75
EP - 84
JO - Journal of Socio-Economics
JF - Journal of Socio-Economics
ER -