Dynamic inconsistency and self-control: A planner-doer interpretation

Economics Letters

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 419-424

  Bénabou, Roland ^a   Pycia, Marek ^b,c,d  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^d KOZMINSKI UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Intertemporal choice; Self control; Temptation; Time consistency

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036828617     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1765(02)00158-1     Document Type: Article

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