Habits, Rationality and Myopia in the Life-Cycle Consumption Function.

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 break...

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Autor principal: Muellbauer, J
Formato: Working paper
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: CEPR 1986