Time Discounting and Wealth Inequality

Publikation: Working paper › Forskning

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Time Discounting and Wealth Inequality. / Epper, Thomas; Fehr, Ernst; Duda-Fehr, Helga; Kreiner, Claus Thustrup; Lassen, David Dreyer; Leth-Petersen, Søren; Rasmussen, Gregers Nytoft.

2019.

Publikation: Working paper › Forskning

Harvard

Epper, T, Fehr, E, Duda-Fehr, H, Kreiner, CT, Lassen, DD, Leth-Petersen, S & Rasmussen, GN 2019 'Time Discounting and Wealth Inequality'. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3465413

APA

Epper, T., Fehr, E., Duda-Fehr, H., Kreiner, C. T., Lassen, D. D., Leth-Petersen, S., & Rasmussen, G. N. (2019). Time Discounting and Wealth Inequality. CEBI Working Paper Series Nr. 08/19 https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3465413

Vancouver

Epper T, Fehr E, Duda-Fehr H, Kreiner CT, Lassen DD, Leth-Petersen S o.a. Time Discounting and Wealth Inequality. 2019 aug. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3465413

Author

Epper, Thomas ; Fehr, Ernst ; Duda-Fehr, Helga ; Kreiner, Claus Thustrup ; Lassen, David Dreyer ; Leth-Petersen, Søren ; Rasmussen, Gregers Nytoft. / Time Discounting and Wealth Inequality. 2019. (CEBI Working Paper Series; Nr. 08/19).

Bibtex

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