ELICITING RISK AND TIME PREFERENCES USING FIELD EXPERIMENTS: SOME METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES

Research in Experimental Economics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2004, Pages 125-218

  Harrison, Glenn W ^a   Lau, Morten Igel ^a   Rutström, Elisabet E ^a   Sullivan, Melonie B ^a  

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EID: 33748497815     PISSN: 01932306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0193-2306(04)10005-7     Document Type: Review

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