Discounting and altruism to future decision-makers

Journal of Economic Theory

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 254-266

  Saez Marti, Maria ^a   Weibull, Jörgen W ^b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS IFN   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Altruism; Discounting; Time preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 17144382065     PISSN: 00220531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jet.2004.06.003     Document Type: Article

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