Utility from anticipation and personal equilibrium

Economic Theory

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 415-444

  Koszegi, Botond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticipation; Disappointment aversion; Personal equilibrium; Time inconsistency

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954537909     PISSN: 09382259     EISSN: 14320479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00199-009-0465-x     Document Type: Article

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