Nonexponential discounting: A direct test and perhaps a new puzzle

B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Startz, Richard ^a   Tsang, Kwok Ping ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CAPM; consumption; discounting; hyperbolic discounting; intertemporal consumer choice; portfolio puzzles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907660102     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/1935-1690.2453     Document Type: Article

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