Quasi-hyperbolic time preferences and their intergenerational transmission

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 983-986

  Kosse, Fabian ^a   Pfeiffer, Friedhelm ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

intergenerational transmission; preschool children; quasi hyperbolic; time preference

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PARAMETERIZATION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; PRIMARY EDUCATION; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84875191477     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: 14664291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2013.767974     Document Type: Article

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