Temptation and productivity: A field experiment with children

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 78, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 126-136

  Bucciol, Alessandro ^a,b,c   Houser, Daniel ^d   Piovesan, Marco ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NETSPAR   (Netherlands)

^d GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Field experiment; Productivity; Temptation; Willpower

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954633334     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2010.12.013     Document Type: Article

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