Discounting behaviour and the magnitude effect: Evidence from a field experiment in Denmark

Economica

Volumn 80, Issue 320, 2013, Pages 670-697

  Andersen, Steffen ^a   Harrison, Glenn W ^b   Lau, Morten I ^a,c   Rutström, E Elisabet ^b  

^a Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84901193903     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: 14680335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecca.12028     Document Type: Article

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