Credibility and endogenous societal discounting

Review of Economic Dynamics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 410-437

  Sleet, Christopher ^a   Yeltekin, Şevin ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Commitment; Credibility; Dynamic private information; Social insurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745481808     PISSN: 10942025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.red.2006.03.001     Document Type: Article

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