Saving behavior and cognitive abilities

Experimental Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 349-374

  Ballinger, T Parker ^a   Hudson, Eric ^b   Karkoviata, Leonie ^c   Wilcox, Nathaniel T ^d  

^a STEPHEN F AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b New Mexico Public Defender Department   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON DOWNTOWN   (United States)

^d CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bounded rationality; Cognitive abilities; Consumption and saving; Heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960836688     PISSN: 13864157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10683-010-9271-3     Document Type: Article

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