Discounting behavior: A reconsideration

European Economic Review

Volumn 71, Issue , 2014, Pages 15-33

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

^a Department of Economics Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioral microeconomics; Discounting behavior; Field experiments

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DISCOUNT RATE; ECONOMETRICS; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; MICROECONOMICS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84908021243     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2014.06.009     Document Type: Article

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