Thinking ahead: The decision problem

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1205-1238

  Bolton, Patrick ^a   Faure Grimaud, Antoine ^b  

^a The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC PLANNING; ECONOMIC THEORY; MODELING;

EID: 70149091747     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: 1467937X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-937X.2009.00554.x     Document Type: Article

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