The heterogeneity of time-risk tradeoffs

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 251-258

  Chesson, Harrell ^a   Viscusi, W Kim ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b HARVARD LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Discounting risk; Intertemporal choice; Smoking

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044520199     PISSN: 08943257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0771(200004/06)13:2<251::AID-BDM328>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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