Exponential versus hyperbolic discounting of delayed outcomes: Risk and waiting time

American Zoologist

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 496-505

  Green, Leonard ^a   Myerson, Joel ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 4243535556     PISSN: 00031569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/36.4.496     Document Type: Article

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