Field and online experiments on self-control

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 393-404

  Burger, Nicholas ^a   Charness, Gary ^b   Lynham, John ^c  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral interventions; Experiment; Procrastination; Willpower

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952070222     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2010.11.010     Document Type: Article

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