https://timeb.news/tags/behavioral-economics/Recent content in Behavioral Economics on TimeB.news – Time Economics & Scarcity TheoryHugoenFri, 12 Jun 2026 00:30:00 +0000https://timeb.news/posts/bitcoin-commitment-device-self-control/Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:30:00 +0000https://timeb.news/posts/bitcoin-commitment-device-self-control/Bitcoin’s true innovation may not be digital scarcity — it may be digital self-control. Drawing on the behavioral economics of present bias and hyperbolic discounting, this article argues that the blockchain’s irreversible ledger functions as the most powerful commitment device ever created, enabling long-term HODLing behavior that standard economic models cannot explain.https://timeb.news/posts/collector-discount-rate/Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:30:00 +0000https://timeb.news/posts/collector-discount-rate/An exploration of how vintage cryptocurrency markets fracture the fundamental assumption of uniform time preference — revealing that collectors and traders applying divergent discount rates to identical assets creates a ‘collector’s discount’ that approaches zero or even goes negative at long holding horizons.https://timeb.news/posts/community-time-preference/Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:30:00 +0000https://timeb.news/posts/community-time-preference/Classical time preference theory treats discount rates as individual traits. But in crypto markets, community-level temporal norms — reinforced by memes, rituals, and shared narratives — override individual impatience and create supra-rational holding behavior that standard economics cannot explain.