The hidden opportunity cost of time effect on intertemporal choice

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue MAR, 2015, Pages

  Zhao, Cui Xia ^a   Jiang, Cheng Ming ^b   Zhou, Lei ^c   Li, Shu ^c   Rao, Li Lin ^c   Zheng, Rui ^c  

^a SHANDONG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Intertemporal choice; LL choice; Opportunity cost; SS choice; Time

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926686745     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00311     Document Type: Article

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