Adolescent time preferences predict lifetime outcomes

Economic Journal

Volumn 124, Issue 580, 2014, Pages F739-F761

  Golsteyn, Bart H H ^a,b   Grönqvist, Hans ^b   Lindahl, Lena ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 84927176273     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecoj.12095     Document Type: Article

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