Uncertain lifetime and intertemporal choice: Risk aversion as a rationale for time discounting

International Economic Review

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1223-1246

  Bommier, Antoine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

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EID: 33750477262     PISSN: 00206598     EISSN: 14682354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2354.2006.00411.x     Document Type: Article

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