Deadlines and distractions

DOI10.1016/J.JET.2008.02.005MaRDI QIDQ960251zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Anna Sjögren, María Sáez-Martí

Publication date 16 December 2008

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

Full work available at URL http://www.econ.uzh.ch/static/wp_iew/iewwp347.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

time-consistencydeadlinesoptimal incentivestiming of effort

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Consumer behavior, demand theory (91B42)

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