An investigation of time inconsistency

Management Science

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 470-482

  Sayman, Serdar ^a   Oncüler, Ayse ^b  

^a KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ESSEC BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

Intertemporal preferences; Reverse time inconsistency; Time inconsistency; Time preference

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL STUDIES; INTERTEMPORAL PREFERENCES; REVERSE TIME INCONSISTENCY; S SHAPE; TIME INCONSISTENCY; TIME PREFERENCE;

TIME VARYING CONTROL SYSTEMS;

TIME SWITCHES;

EID: 67649999933     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1080.0942     Document Type: Article

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