Impatience and uncertainty: Experimental decisions predict adolescents' field behavior

American Economic Review

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 510-531

  Sutter, Matthias ^a,b   Kocher, Martin G ^b,c   Daniela, Glätzle Rützler ^a   Trautmann, Stefan T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84873318539     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.103.1.510     Document Type: Article

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