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Intertemporal choice and risky choice are fundamental aspects of decision-making, involving trade-offs between delay, risk, and monetary outcomes. This study explores the differences in preferences ...

Substantial research shows that intertemporal choices between smaller, sooner (SS) and larger, later (LL) monetary rewards can be characterized by a hyperbolic discounting function in which rewards ...