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Table 2 Estimations of discount rate and present-biasedness for the whole sample

From: Association between time preference, present-bias and physical activity: implications for designing behavior change interventions

Parameters

Estimate

Standard error

Lower 95% confidence interval

Upper 95% confidence interval

A. Assuming risk aversion

 Discount rate (β)

0.29

0.03

0.22

0.35

 Present-biasedness (α)

3.23

0.57

2.12

4.35

 Risk preference (γ)

0.61

0.08

0.45

0.76

 μRA

0.12

0.01

0.09

0.15

 μDR

0.30

0.13

0.04

0.56

Log likelihood

− 6411.17

   

Number of observations

12,320

   

B. Assuming risk neutrality

 Discount rate (β)

0.53

0.04

0.45

0.60

 Present-biasedness (α)

3.13

0.56

2.03

4.23

 μDR

8.87

0.58

7.73

10.00

 Log likelihood

− 6745.38

   

 Number of observations

12,320

   
  1. Note: Standard errors are clustered at the individual level