Inferring discount rates from time-preference experiments

DOI10.1016/J.ECONLET.2014.02.009MaRDI QIDQ2452985zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Eric Duquette, Nathaniel Higgins, John K. Horowitz

Publication date 6 June 2014

Published in Economics Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2014.02.009

zbMATH Keywords

experimental economicsrisk preferencetime preferencediscount rates

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Decision theory (91B06) Utility theory (91B16) Consumer behavior, demand theory (91B42) Experimental studies (91A90)

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