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CURRENT DIRECTIONS IN PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
Volume 18, Issue 5, Pages 280-284Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8721.2009.01652.x
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emotion; decision making; behavioral economics
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Individuals regularly confront situations in which acceptance of short-term costs may lead to long-term gains. Given that individuals frequently discount the utility of future benefits with respect to more immediate ones, successfully solving such intertemporal choice dilemmas has been theorized to involve self-regulation aimed at controlling emotional responses that are sensitive to immediate rewards. In this article, I argue for a more multifaceted view of the role played by emotions in intertemporal choice. In support of this view, I review emerging evidence demonstrating the ability of specific, socially oriented emotions to facilitate behaviors designed to build social and economic capital in the long run.
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