The evolution of patience

Time and Decision: Economic and Psychological Perspectives on Intertemporal Choice

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 115-138

  Kacelnik, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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