Time discounting over the lifespan

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 22-32

  Read, Daniel ^a   Read, N L ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UK Department for Transport   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 2942620240     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2004.01.002     Document Type: Article

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