Four days later in Cincinnati: Longitudinal tests of hyperbolic discounting

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 177-185

  Read, Daniel ^a   Frederick, Shane ^b   Airoldi, Mara ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b YALE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2340; Bayesian statistics; Behavioural economics; Discount rate; Hyperbolic discounting; Impulsivity; Rationality; Temporal construual theory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; REWARD;

BAYES THEOREM; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; REWARD;

EID: 84861378262     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2012.02.010     Document Type: Article

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