Goal-setting and self-control
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Publication:1945837
DOI10.1016/j.jet.2012.08.001zbMath1278.91044OpenAlexW1971226989MaRDI QIDQ1945837
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
Utility theory (91B16) Stopping times; optimal stopping problems; gambling theory (60G40) Individual preferences (91B08)
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