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commitment savings: a standalone construct

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Development economics

savings accounts that restrict access to funds until a goal or date, taken up by people aware of their own present bias.

In development economics, commitment savings refers to savings accounts that restrict access to funds until a goal or date, taken up by people aware of their own present bias. This meaning comes from Ashraf (2006) in The Quarterly Journal of Economics.[1]

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References

Ashraf, N., Karlan, D., & Yin, W. (2006). Tying Odysseus to the Mast: Evidence From a Commitment Savings Product in the Philippines. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 121(2), 635-672. https://doi.org/10.1162/qjec.2006.121.2.635

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