The welfare cost of external habits: a quantitat ive assessment

This paper quantifies the welfare cost of consumption externalities in an endogenous growth model with habit formation. Agent’s utility depends on both current consumption and a reference consumption level determined by economy-wide average past consumption. Although utility may be lower in the pres...

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Main Author: Manuel A. Gómez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Chile 2016-04-01
Series:Estudios de Economía
Online Access:https://estudiosdeeconomia.uchile.cl/index.php/EDE/article/view/40120