Strotz meets allais: Diminishing impatience and the certainty effect

American Economic Review

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1145-1162

  Yoram, Halevy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 67349232912     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.98.3.1145     Document Type: Article

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