Gamma discounting

American Economic Review

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 260-271

  Weitzman, Martin L ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000174080     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.91.1.260     Document Type: Article

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