Modeling internal commitment mechanisms and self-control: A neuroeconomics approach to consumption-saving decisions

Games and Economic Behavior

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 460-492

  Benhabib, Jess ^a   Bisin, Alberto ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 22944459191     PISSN: 08998256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geb.2004.10.004     Document Type: Article

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