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coincide with a preference for commitment or dynamically inconsistent preferences. Present-bias is a special case of present …
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preferences featuring temptation and self-control. The model can capture two contrasting views: the positive view, which links … increase in indebtedness. The welfare implication is strikingly dif- ferent from the standard model without temptation, which … welfare gains from a tighter borrowing limit than in 2000s, theoptimal borrowing limit is tighter according to the temptation …
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This paper studies the optimal trade-off between commitment and flexibility in an intertemporal consumption … value for flexibility - but also expect to suffer from temptations - generating a value for commitment. The model combines … the representations of preferences for flexibility introduced by Kreps (1979) with its recent antithesis for commitment …
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The standard neoclassical growth model with Cobb-Douglas production predicts a monotonically declining saving rate, when reasonably calibrated. Ample empirical evidence, however, shows that the transition path of a country's saving rate exhibits a rising or non-monotonic pattern. In important...
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-specific budgets depends on the combination of a demand for commitment and the demand for flexibility resulting from uncertainty about … with minimum-savings rules (another widely-studied form of commitment), and how budgeting depends on the intensity of self …
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Pension economics has traditionally guided pension policy with the help of formal models based on individuals who think in a life cycle context with perfect foresight, full information, and in a time-consistent manner. This paper sheds light on selected aspects of pension economics when these...
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The standard neoclassical growth model with Cobb-Douglas production predicts a monotonically declining saving rate, when reasonably calibrated. Ample empirical evidence, however, shows that the transition paths of most countries saving rates exhibit a statistically significant hump-shaped...
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This paper provides the exact analytical solution for the standard model of endogenous growth when consumers have present-biased preferences and make time-inconsistent savings plans, which they revise continuously. It is shown that long-run growth is not necessarily lower under present-biased...
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On average, young people underestimate whereas old people overestimate their chances to survive into the future. We employ a subjective survival belief model proposed by Ludwig and Zimper (2013), which can replicate these patterns. The model is compared with hyperbolic discounting within a...
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