SYNONYMS AND RELATED EXPRESSIONS
time consistency
noun phrase
The stability of a plan or preference as time passes, when relevant information and outcomes otherwise remain unchanged.
Local English device voice, when available. This is not a recorded dictionary pronunciation.
Stable preferences over time
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Usage distinction
Return to topThese phrases concern decisions under otherwise unchanged relevant information and outcomes. Changing a plan in response to new evidence does not by itself show time inconsistency.
CHECK THE MEANING IN CONTEXT
See time consistency in use
The thought experiment tests time consistency by asking the same choice again a month later.
The exercise checks time consistency by asking whether the reader's original preference remains stable as time passes while the relevant information and outcomes stay unchanged.
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Synonym reference scope and sources
The groups distinguish the senses selected for this study entry. Closest synonyms and broader related expressions have separate labels. The listed sources support lexical selection; not every phrase is a direct quotation from a source.
- Strack and Taubinsky, Dynamic Preference Reversals and Time Inconsistency (NBER Working Paper 28961)
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