The strength of weak will

Rationality and Society

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 245-271

  Skog, Ole Jørgen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Addiction; Akrasia; Discounting; Planned behavior; Rationality

Indexed keywords

EID: 21744447364     PISSN: 10434631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104346397009002005     Document Type: Article

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