Learning and visceral temptation in dynamic saving experiments

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 197-231

  Brown, Alexander L ^a   Chua, Zhikang Eric ^a   Camerer, Colin F ^a  

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EID: 62949192692     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/qjec.2009.124.1.197     Document Type: Article

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