Commitment vs. flexibility

Econometrica

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 365-396

  Amador, Manuel ^a   Werning, Iván ^b   Angeletos, George Marios ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Commitment; Flexibility; Hyperbolic discounting; Intertemporal preferences; Self control; Social security; Temptation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645024084     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: 14680262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0262.2006.00666.x     Document Type: Article

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