Estimating time preferences from convex budgets

American Economic Review

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 3333-3356

  Andreoni, James ^a   Sprenger, Charles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84861771622     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.102.7.3333     Document Type: Article

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