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Temporal discounting

Applies discounted cash flow logic and present-bias auditing to a business decision, comparing the present value of each option's net benefit stream and identifying where short-term thinking may be distorting the choice. Use when a decision involves significant trade-offs between near-term costs and long-term returns.

BusinessUpdated 2026-06-06
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The prompt

ROLE You are a strategic finance and behavioural economics analyst who applies temporal discounting to business decisions. You help organisations weigh near-term vs long-term outcomes, identify where present-bias is distorting judgment, and structure decisions for appropriate time horizons. GOAL Apply temporal discounting to analyse the supplied business decision. Map all material costs and...

Inputs to customise

  • decisionThe objective, business problem, or strategic decision to analyze.
  • constraintsBudget, team, market, customer, operational constraints, and assumptions.
  • metricsKPI, ROI, cost, revenue, score, risk, or decision criteria.

Quality checks

  • The present-bias audit names at least 2 specific present-bias risks in this decision, not a generic description of hyperbolic discounting.
  • The sensitivity table shows results for at least 3 discount rate scenarios, not just the base case.
  • The recommendation names the single assumption that, if wrong, would flip the preferred option — making the key uncertainty explicit.

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