Masters of our time: Impatience and self-control in high-level chess games

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 179-191

  Gränsmark, Patrik ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gender; Impatience; Self control problems; Time inconsistency; Time preference

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857671457     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2012.02.002     Document Type: Article

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