Doing it now or later

American Economic Review

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 103-124

  O'Donoghue, Ted ^a   Rabin, Matthew ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0038957677     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.89.1.103     Document Type: Article

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