Predicting utility under satiation and habit formation

Management Science

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 286-301

  Baucells, Manel ^a   Sarin, Rakesh K ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Discounted utility; Habit formation; Projection bias; Satiation; Time preference; Variety seeking

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION LEVELS; INTERTEMPORAL CHOICES; OPTIMAL CONSUMPTION; TIME PREFERENCES; TWO-STATE; UNIQUE FEATURES; UTILITY MODEL; VALUE FUNCTIONS; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 77249131299     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1090.1113     Document Type: Article

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