According to a 2007 research paper by the credit rating company, Experian ¸ this tendency to be «financially shortsighted (myopic), favoring more immediate rewards
rather than
financial benefits in the future, leads to
poor economic
decision making.»
Rather, it is implicit from his reasons that he found that her behaviour was, along with her lack of
financial gain or expectation of gain, and the absence of a criminal record, some evidence supporting a finding that she was not a drug courier, but instead had made a very
poor decision on one occasion for which she would receive a gaol sentence.