Money Earlier or Later? Simple Heuristics Explain Intertemporal Choices Better Than Delay Discounting Does

Psychological Science

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 826-833

  Marzilli Ericson, Keith M ^a,b   White, John Myles ^c   Laibson, David ^b,d   Cohen, Jonathan D ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

decision making; delay of gratification; heuristics; judgment; open data

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DELAY DISCOUNTING; HEURISTICS; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REWARD; TIME FACTOR;

DELAY DISCOUNTING; HEURISTICS; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; REWARD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84930515140     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797615572232     Document Type: Article

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