Time is on my side: Optimism in intertemporal choice

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 173-186

  Berndsen, Mariëtte ^a   Van Pligt, Joop Der ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Choice behavior; Decision making; Optimism; Time discounting

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0345776960     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-6918(01)00029-4     Document Type: Article

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