The effect of military service on soldiers' time preferences - Evidence from Israel

Judgment and Decision Making

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 130-138

  Lahav, Eyal ^a   Benzion, Uri ^a   Shavit, Tal ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b The College of Management ^*  (Israel)

Author keywords

Discount rates; Military; Perceived risk; Soldiers; Time preference

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952836008     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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