Over-savings and hyperbolic discounting

European Economic Review

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1557-1570

  Salanié, François ^a   Treich, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Discounting; Savings; Self control; Time inconsistency; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INTEREST RATE; SAVINGS BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33745228964     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2005.05.003     Document Type: Article

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