Time discounting and the estimation of loan duration

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 607-618

  Overton, Annemarije A ^a   MacFadyen, Alan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Discounting; Estimation heuristics; Intertemporal choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039165820     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4870(98)00027-0     Document Type: Article

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