Modeling myopic decisions: Evidence for hyperbolic delay-discounting within subjects and amounts

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 22-30

  Kirby, Kris N ^a   Maraković, Nino N ^a  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0002001520     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/obhd.1995.1086     Document Type: Article

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