Does a forward‐looking perspective affect self‐control and the demand for commitment? Results from an educational intervention.
This paper reports the results from a randomized educational intervention, that aims to build a forward‐looking perspective in children. We evaluate the effects of the intervention on planning, commitment and consumption decisions in an intertemporal task using a temptation good, chocolate. We find...
| Publicado en: | Economic Inquiry Vol. 59; no. 4; pp. 1533 - 1547 |
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