Self-control and loss aversion in intertemporal choice

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 513-524

  Selart, Marcus ^a   Karlsson, Niklas ^b   Gärling, Tommy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031521604     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-5357(97)90012-3     Document Type: Article

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