Costly Self-Control and Random Self-Indulgence

Econometrica

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1271-1302

  Dekel, Eddie ^a,b   Lipman, Barton L ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Multi selves; Random temptation; Self control; Strotz; Temptation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861708895     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: 14680262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3982/ECTA9280     Document Type: Article

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