Efficiency of consumer intertemporal choice under life cycle cost conditions

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 729-748

  Liebermann, Yehoshua ^a   Ungar, Meyer ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Intertemporal decision making; Life cycle cost

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036888183     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4870(02)00136-8     Document Type: Article

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