Gamma discounters are short-termist

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 142, Issue , 2016, Pages 83-90

  Gollier, Christian ^a  

^a TOULOUSE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

Author keywords

Decreasing discount rates; Expectations hypothesis; Uncertain growth; Weitzman Gollier puzzle

Indexed keywords

EID: 84984815949     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2016.08.006     Document Type: Article

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