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Education / Pedagogy / French higher education | | French term or phrase: choix intemporels | | subject on French university degree transcript |
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| | intertemporal choice | Explanation:
Singular. If it's an economics degree. Basically to do which trade-offs in terms of making choices over time. E.g. people have a rate of "time preference" in terms of the amount they are prepared to give up consuming now to consume a (greater) amount in the future.
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Note added at 30 mins (2006-06-09 16:36:52 GMT)
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Here's a link for the UK. Probably likely to be part of a wider course (microeconomics, consumer theory etc) than a free-standing course unit. Investment decisions also reflect intertemporal choices.
http://www.man.ed.ac.uk/ug_study/prospective_students/ec_cou...
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Note added at 31 mins (2006-06-09 16:37:36 GMT)
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John Peterson
Local time: 08:37
| Grading comment Gosh, this was as unfamiliar to me in English as it was in French, but I was quickly able to verify the accuracy of the suggested translation.
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25 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +1 intertemporal choice
Explanation:
Singular. If it's an economics degree. Basically to do which trade-offs in terms of making choices over time. E.g. people have a rate of "time preference" in terms of the amount they are prepared to give up consuming now to consume a (greater) amount in the future.
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Note added at 30 mins (2006-06-09 16:36:52 GMT)
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Here's a link for the UK. Probably likely to be part of a wider course (microeconomics, consumer theory etc) than a free-standing course unit. Investment decisions also reflect intertemporal choices.
http://www.man.ed.ac.uk/ug_study/prospective_students/ec_cou...
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Note added at 31 mins (2006-06-09 16:37:36 GMT)
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"to do with..."
| John Peterson
Local time: 08:37
Native speaker of:  English
PRO pts in category: 24
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| | Grading comment | Gosh, this was as unfamiliar to me in English as it was in French, but I was quickly able to verify the accuracy of the suggested translation. |
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