A theory of time preference

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 379-395

  Trostel, Philip A ^a   Taylor, Grant A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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EID: 0035600051     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ei/39.3.379     Document Type: Article

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