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{{short description|Study of how people choose between payoffs at different times}} {{Refimprove|date=March 2009}} In [[economics]], '''intertemporal choice''' is the study of the relative [[Valuation (finance)|value]] people assign to two or more payoffs at different points in time. This relationship is usually simplified to today and some future date. Intertemporal choice was introduced by Canadian economist [[John Rae (economist)|John Rae]] in 1834 in the "Sociological Theory of Capital". Later, [[Eugen von Bรถhm-Bawerk]] in 1889 and [[Irving Fisher]] in 1930 elaborated on the model.
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