Decreasing impatience: A criterion for non-stationary time preference and "Hyperbolic" discounting

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 511-532

  Prelec, Drazen ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyperbolic discounting; Time preference

Indexed keywords

DISCOUNT RATE;

EID: 10444228082     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0347-0520.2004.00375.x     Document Type: Article

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