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Habits, Rationality and Myopia in the Life-Cycle Consumption Function.
- Abstract:
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This paper investigates the role of habits in the consumption function. Two types of habits are considered: rational and myopic, these being distinctions which have long been made in the literature on systems of demand equations. In both cases past consumption affects current preferences, thus breaking the intertemporal separability of preferences often assumed by economists. If habits are rational, consumers are aware of the effect of their current consumption decisions on their future margi...
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- Publisher:
- CEPR
- Volume:
- 112
- Series:
- C.E.P.R.Discussion Papers
- Host title:
- C.E.P.R.Discussion Papers
- Publication date:
- 1986-01-01
- Paper number:
- 112
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- Language:
- English
- UUID:
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- Local pid:
- oai:economics.ouls.ox.ac.uk:11726
- Deposit date:
- 2011-08-16
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- Copyright date:
- 1986
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