Declining discount rates

American Economic Review

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 538-543

  Cropper, Maureen L ^a   Freeman, Mark C ^b   Groom, Ben ^c   Pizer, William A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84901392766     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.104.5.538     Document Type: Conference Paper

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