Uncertainty and hyperbolic discounting

American Economic Review

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1290-1299

  Dasgupta, Partha ^a   Maskin, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

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EID: 29544445416     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/0002828054825637     Document Type: Review

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