An anticipative hyperbolic discount utility on intertemporal decision making

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 281-290

  Huang, Yeu Shiang ^a   Hsu, Chao Ze ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anticipation; Discounting factor; Empirical investigation; Hyperbolic discounting; Time preference

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PROBLEM SOLVING;

DISCOUNTING FACTOR; EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION; HYPERBOLIC DISCOUNTING; TIME PREFERENCE;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 34548382042     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2006.11.022     Document Type: Article

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