A vague theory of choice over time

Advances in Theoretical Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Manzini, Paola ^a   Mariotti, Marco ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cycles; Hyperbolic discounting; Intransitive preferences; Preference reversal; Time preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751031825     PISSN: 15345963     EISSN: 15345963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1534-5963.1265     Document Type: Article

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