Time horizons, discounting, and intertemporal choice

Journal of Conflict Resolution

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 199-226

  Streich, Philip ^a   Levy, Jack S ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discounted utility; Exponential discounting; Hyperbolic discounting; Intertemporal choice; Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma; Quasi hyperbolic discounting

Indexed keywords

EID: 34047105878     PISSN: 00220027     EISSN: 15528766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022002706298133     Document Type: Article

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