Hershfield, H. E. (2011). Future self‐continuity: How conceptions of the future self transform intertemporal choice.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1235(1), 30-43.
With life expectancy dramatically increasing throughout much of the world, people have to make choices with a longer future in mind than they ever had to before. Yet, many indicators suggest that undersaving for the long term often occurs: in America, for instance, many individuals will not be able to maintain their preretirement standard of living in retirement. Previous research has tried to understand problems ...