Giving it now or later: Altruism and discounting

Economics Letters

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 152-154

  Kovarik, Jaromir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Altruism; Dictator game; Discounting; Intertemporal choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 60449106889     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2008.12.005     Document Type: Article

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