The value of information when preferences are dynamically inconsistent

European Economic Review

Volumn 44, Issue 4-6, 2000, Pages 1104-1115

  Brocas, Isabelle ^a   Carrillo, Juan D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ignorance; Learning; Procrastination; Rush; Time inconsistency

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0034089605     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2921(99)00062-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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