Hypothetical intertemporal consumption choices

Economic Journal

Volumn 113, Issue 486, 2003, Pages

  Kapteyn, Arie ^a   Teppa, Federica ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DISCOUNT RATE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0037353669     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0297.00111     Document Type: Article

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