The Development of a Theory of Rational Intertemporal Choice

The aim of this article is to describe the evolution of a very dynamic theory: the theory of intertemporal choice. I present the first economic thinking on intertemporal decision-making, and expose how it resulted in Samuelson’s famous discounted utility model; then I describe how and why discounted...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Germán Loewe
Format: Article
Language:Catalan
Published: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 2006-04-01
Series:Papers
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Online Access:https://papers.uab.cat/article/view/1775