Skip to main content

Table 4 Estimation results

From: A quasi-hyperbolic discounting approach to smoking behavior

Sample no

435

Log likelihood

-516.2776

 

Coefficient

S.E.

Selection equation

δ (constant time preference)

16.2753

3.7047

***

1-exp(β) (present bias)

1.9808

0.8804

**

Gender

-0.46059

0.13383

***

Age

0.07791

0.02441

***

Age squared

-0.00071

0.0003

*

Education (Years)

-0.13476

0.02857

***

Income (M JPY)

-0.00447

0.02102

 

Relative risk aversion (1-γ)

-0.8784

0.26358

***

Structual equation

δ (constant time preference)

21.8066

4.5830

***

1-exp(β) (present bias)

2.1157

0.7006

***

Gender

-0.74757

0.21399

***

Age

0.05826

0.02403

**

Age squared

-0.00043

0.00028

 

Education (Years)

-0.10187

0.05602

*

Income (M JPY)

-0.00331

0.0176

 

Relative risk aversion (1-γ)

-0.47637

0.27835

*

Threshold parameter

2.35304

0.12287

***

  1. Note: ***1% significant level (p < 0.01), **5% significant level (p < 0.05), *10% significant level (p < 0.1).