Uncertain survival and time discounting: Intertemporal consumption plans for family trusts

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 239-266

  Satchell, Stephen E ^a   Thorp, Susan ^b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Family extinction; Hyperbolic discounting; Intertemporal choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149499122     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-009-0297-9     Document Type: Article

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