Present-bias, quasi-hyperbolic discounting, and fixed costs

Games and Economic Behavior

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 205-223

  Benhabib, Jess ^a   Bisin, Alberto ^a,b   Schotter, Andrew ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CESS ^*  (United States)

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EID: 77953537341     PISSN: 08998256     EISSN: 10902473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geb.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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