Non-constant discounting in finite horizon: The free terminal time case

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 666-675

  Marín Solano, Jesús ^a   Navas, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Free terminal time; Naive and sophisticated agents; Non constant discounting

Indexed keywords

EID: 59349098510     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jedc.2008.08.008     Document Type: Article

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