Discounting, self-control, and saving

Handbook of Contemporary Behavioral Economics: Foundations and Developments

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 297-325

  Nyhus, Ellen K ^a   Webley, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315703879-25     Document Type: Chapter

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