Intrapersonal dilemmas

Human Relations

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1093-1117

  Read, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Addiction; Game theory; Hyperbolic discounting; Intemporal choice; Procrastination; Self control; Social dilemmas

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039838904     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726701548005     Document Type: Article

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