Subadditivity, patience, and utility: The effects of dividing time intervals

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 325-337

  McAlvanah, Patrick ^a  

^a FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral economics; Experimental economics; Framing effect; Intertemporal choice; Subadditive discounting; Temporal discounting; Time preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957358819     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2010.06.009     Document Type: Article

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