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Discount Rate (Subjective Discount Rate)
The discount rate, also known as the subjective discount rate and symbolized by the Greek letter rho (ρ), is a measure of an individual's impatience. It quantifies how much a person values an additional unit of consumption now relative to an additional unit of consumption later.
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