The personal discount rate: Evidence from military downsizing programs

American Economic Review

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 33-53

  Warner, John T ^a   Pleeter, Saul ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0002596450     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.91.1.33     Document Type: Article

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