An empirical analysis of the factors impacting discount rates: Evidence from the U.S. Marine Corps

Review of Financial Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 62-78

  Hensel, Nayantara ^a   Deichert, Martin ^b  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b United States Marine Corps   (United States)

Author keywords

Discount rate; Intertemporal choice; Marine Corps; Military

Indexed keywords

EID: 37449029704     PISSN: 10583300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rfe.2007.02.003     Document Type: Article

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