Time-inconsistent preferences in a general equilibrium model

Economic Theory

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 591-619

  Herings, P Jean Jacques ^a   Rohde, Kirsten I M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Competitive equilibrium; Constrained efficiency; Time inconsistent preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749417564     PISSN: 09382259     EISSN: 14320479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00199-005-0020-3     Document Type: Article

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