Endogenous time preference and optimal growth

Economic Theory

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-70

  Stern, Michael L ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discounting; Endogenous preferences; Lattice programming; Monotonicity; Optimal Growth; Time preference

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746838148     PISSN: 09382259     EISSN: 14320479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00199-005-0019-9     Document Type: Article

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