Goal-setting and self-control

DOI10.1016/J.JET.2012.08.001MaRDI QIDQ1945837zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Alice Hsiaw

Publication date 17 April 2013

Published in Journal of Economic Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL http://web.holycross.edu/RePEc/hcx/HC1404-Hsiaw_GoalSetting.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

optimal stopping problemsself-controlreference-dependent preferencesgoal-setting

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Individual preferences (91B08) Utility theory (91B16) Stopping times; optimal stopping problems; gambling theory (60G40)

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