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Enjoyment takes time: Some implications for choice theory
The paper suggests that casting the choice problem in terms of alternative time-consuming activities can foster the fruitful cross-fertilization between economics and psychology along the lines suggested by Scitovsky in the Joyless Economy. The first part emphasizes how mainstream, utility-based choice theory has eradicated "time" from the analysis, in contrast with the seminal contribution to the subjective theory of value proposed by Gossen in 1858. The limits of Becker's well-known approach to time-use are also analyzed. The second part opens with the presentation of an alternative approach based on activities, intended as productive processes allowing for pleasant time to be produced by consuming "direct" unpleasant time plus the "indirect" amount of unpleasant time equivalent to the market goods used up as inputs (Nisticò, Production of (Pleasant) Time by Means of (Unpleasant) Time: Some Notes on Consumption Theory and Time Use, 2014). Finally, the approach is applied to an intertemporal context by drawing on Hicks's temporary equilibrium method. Scitovsky's distinction between defensive and creative activities is discussed in conclusion, suggesting that individuals might refrain from engaging in more skilled, time-consuming activities because of the attractiveness of a certain, higher present-period rate of return of less skilled, goods-intensive activities.
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Englisch
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Journal: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal ; ISSN: 1864-6042 ; Volume: 9 ; Year: 2015 ; Issue: 2015-8 ; Pages: 1-40 ; Kiel: Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW)
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Economic Methodology
Consumer Economics: Theory
Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
- Thema
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time use
consumption activities
behavior
choice
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Nisticò, Sergio
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Veröffentlichung
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Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW)
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Kiel
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2015
- DOI
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doi:10.5018/economics-ejournal.ja.2015-8
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- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ
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- Nisticò, Sergio
- Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW)
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- 2015
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