Table 4 Time preference proxies and elicitation methods in obesity studies
Study | Subject | Elicitation Method/Proxies |
|---|---|---|
(Ayyagari et al. 2011) | Diabetes Management (Obesity) | Agreement to “I live life one day at a time and don’t think much about the future” |
(Sloan et al. 2009) | Diabetes Management (Obesity) | Agreement to “I live life one day at a time and don’t think much about the future” |
(Zhang and Rashad 2008) | Obesity | Time preference proxies: degree of willpower and “desire but no effort” |
(Komlos et al. 2004) | Obesity | Time preference proxies: Savings and debt-to-income ratio |
(Huston and Finke 2003) | Obesity | Time preference proxies: “Level of formal education, smoking, exercising and using nutrition labels on a regular basis, and the degree of nutrition knowledge…” |