Koopmans' constant discounting for intertemporal choice: A simplification and a generalization

Journal of Mathematical Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 341-347

  Bleichrodt, Han ^a   Rohde, Kirsten I M ^a   Wakker, Peter P ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conjoint measurement; Discounted utility; Dynamic consistency; Stationarity; Time preference

Indexed keywords

EID: 56649094476     PISSN: 00222496     EISSN: 10960880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmp.2008.05.003     Document Type: Article

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