Self-signaling and self-control

Time and Decision: Economic and Psychological Perspectives on Intertemporal Choice

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 277-298

  Prelec, Drazen ^a   Bodner, Ronit ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NONE

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