Time discounting and time preference: A critical review

Time and Decision: Economic and Psychological Perspectives on Intertemporal Choice

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 13-86

  Frederick, Shane ^a   Loewenstein, George ^b   O'Donoghue, Ted ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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