title: Cold climates demand more intertemporal self-control than warm climates.
abstract: A climate that is too cold to grow crops for part of the year demands foresight and self-control skills. To the extent that a culture has developed intertemporal bargaining, its members will have more autonomy, but pay the cost of being more compulsive, than members of societies that have not. Monetary resources will be a consequence but will also be fed back as a cause.
authors.affiliation: School of Economics, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa; Department of Veterans Affairs, Coatesville, PA 19320. George.Ainslie@va.gov www.picoeconomics.org.
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ainslie
mesh_terms: D002980:Climate; D017753:Ecosystem; D005610:Freedom; D006801:Humans; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors