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The discounted utility model and social preferences:: Some alternative formulations to conventional discounting

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  • Lazaro, Angelina
  • Barberan, Ramon
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  • Lazaro, Angelina & Barberan, Ramon & Rubio, Encarnacion, 2002. "The discounted utility model and social preferences:: Some alternative formulations to conventional discounting," Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier, vol. 23(3), pages 317-337, June.
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