Dynamic choices of hyperbolic consumers

Econometrica

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 935-957

  Harris, Christopher ^a   Laibson, David ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruistic growth; Bounded variation calculus; Buffer stock; Consumption; Dynamic games; Dynamic inconsistency; Euler relation; Hyperbolic discounting; Savings; Time preference

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001515936     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0262.00225     Document Type: Article

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