00652nam a2200109Ia 4500080002900000100002100029245009700050260006900147300001400216520029300230583001900523  a11.02.01 \n M742ke(2002)  aKendall, Patrick  aRate of time preference, the intertemporal utility function and regional economic management  b[Caribbean Centre for Monetary Studies]a[St. Augustine]TTc2002  a18 leaves  aDiscusses briefly, the concept of the rate of time preference and its use in consumer theory, underlying its particular relevance to regional economic activity.  Uses Granger causality to explore the empirical underpinnings of some of the hypotheses arrived at the theoretical discussion.  c2/25/03kJOY_D