Discounting in judgments of delay and probability

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 145-159

  Rachlin, Howard ^a   Brown, Jay ^a   Cross, David ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delay; Discounting; Probability; Rationality

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044520773     PISSN: 08943257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0771(200004/06)13:2<145::AID-BDM320>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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