Are all discount rates equal? A note on time preferences across public and private benefits in michigan's upper peninsula

Journal of Regional Science

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 858-871

  Loveridge, Scott ^a   Bokemeier, Janet ^a   Kakela, Peter ^a   Satriawan, Elan ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GADJAH MADA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTEREST RATE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES; UPPER PENINSULA;

EID: 77957139864     PISSN: 00224146     EISSN: 14679787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9787.2010.00673.x     Document Type: Article

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