Anomalies in intertemporal choice, time-dependent uncertainty and expected utility - A common approach

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 114-130

  Walther, Herbert ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Decision making under uncertainty; Hyperbolic time preferences; Intertemporal choice; Probability weighting

Indexed keywords

EID: 74149086548     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2009.11.006     Document Type: Article

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