At the nexus of risk and time preferences: An experimental investigation

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-79

  Coble, Keith H ^a   Lusk, Jayson L ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discounted expected utility; Elasticity of intertemporal substitution; Kreps Porteus model

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954143233     PISSN: 08955646     EISSN: 15730476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11166-010-9096-7     Document Type: Article

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