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Exponential Discounting Bias

dc.contributor.authorGomes, Orlando
dc.contributor.authorFerreira-Lopes, Alexandra
dc.contributor.authorSequeira, Tiago
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-04T10:24:38Z
dc.date.available2017-04-04T10:24:38Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractWe address intertemporal utility maximization under a general discount function that nests the exponential discounting and the quasi-hyperbolic discounting cases as particular specifications. Under the suggested framework, the representative agent adopts, at some initial date, an optimal behavior that shapes her consumption trajectory over time. This agent desires to take a constant discount rate to approach the optimization problem, but bounded rationality, under the form of a present bias, deviates the individual from the intended goal. As a result, decreasing impatience will end up dominating the agent’s behavior. The individual will not be aware of her own time inconsistency and, therefore, she will not revise her plans as time elapses, what makes the problem relatively simple to address from a computational point of view.The general discounting framework is used to approach a standard optimal growth model in discrete time. Transitional dynamics and stability properties of the corresponding dynamic setup are studied. An extension of the standard utility maximization model to the case of habit persistence is also considered.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationGomes, O.; A. Ferreira-Lopes and T.N. Sequeira (2014). “Exponential Discounting Bias.” Journal of Economics, vol. 113, issue 1, pp. 31-57.pt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/6902
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
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dc.subjectIntertemporal preferences · Exponential discounting · Quasi-hyperbolic discounting · Optimal growth · Habit persistence · Transitional dynamicspt_PT
dc.titleExponential Discounting Biaspt_PT
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oaire.citation.volume113pt_PT
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