Valuation as a Mechanism of Self-Control and Ego Depletion

Self-Regulation and Ego Control

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 255-279

  Berkman, E T ^a   Kahn, L E ^a   Livingston, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice; Diminishing marginal utility; Endowment; Identity; Intertemporal choice; Self control; Self regulation; Subjective value

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016823742     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-801850-7.00013-5     Document Type: Chapter

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