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Is time inconsistency primarily a male problem?

Jeffrey T. Prince Department of Applied Economics and Management, Warren Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Daniel L. Shawhan Department of Economics, Sage Lab room 3402, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 12180, USA
Pages 501-504 | Published online: 16 Dec 2010

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