Goal-setting and self-control

Journal of Economic Theory

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 601-626

  Hsiaw, Alice ^a  

^a Center for Interdisciplinary Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

Goal setting; Optimal stopping; Quasi hyperbolic discounting; Reference dependence; Self control

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875378456     PISSN: 00220531     EISSN: 10957235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jet.2012.08.001     Document Type: Article

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