The effects of time perspective and salience of possible monetary losses on intertemporal choice

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1645-1654

  Wu, Chen Yang ^a   He, Gui Bing ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Decision frame; Intertemporal choice; Possible monetary loss; Time perspective; Tradeoff

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870526186     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2012.40.10.1645     Document Type: Article

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