Time management problems and discounted utility

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 321-334

  König, Cornelius J ^a   Kleinmann, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Decision making; Discounted utility; Time discounting; Time management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34249998975     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JRLP.141.3.321-336     Document Type: Article

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