Uncertainty as wealth

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 369-385

  Ainslie, George ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Boredom; Emotion; Happiness; Hyperbolic discounting; Impulsive behavior; Respondents; Risk taking; Self control; Will

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR;

APPETITE; ARTICLE; BOREDOM; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; HAPPINESS; LIFE SATISFACTION; SATIETY; SELF CONTROL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 0142217412     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(03)00138-4     Document Type: Article

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