Beyond Homo economicus: Evidence from experimental economics

Ecological Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 311-322

  Gintis, Herbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic theory; Expected utility principle; Hyperbolic discounting

Indexed keywords

DISCOUNT RATE; ECONOMIC THEORY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY;

EID: 0033724976     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8009(00)00216-0     Document Type: Article

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