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We consider a neoclassical growth model with quasi-hyperbolic discounting under Kantian optimization: each temporal self acts in a way that they would like every future self to act. We introduce the notion of a Kantian policy as an outcome of Kantian optimization in a given class of policies. We...
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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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The contribution of this paper is twofold. First, a thorough presentation of the state of the art of the New Keynesian Macroeconomic model is provided. A discussion of its empirical caveats follows and some recent extensions of the standard model are evaluated in more detail. Second, a key...
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Inconsistency in consumer time preferences has been well-established and used to explain seemingly short-sighted behaviors (e.g., failures of self-control). However, prior research has conflated time-inconsistent preferences (discount rates that vary over time) with present bias (greater...
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Time-inconsistent, present-biased agents may hold commitment assets hoping to keep their current and future present … bias in check. Paternalistic governments, in an effort to help such people, routinely offer commitment machinery such as … commitment assets recognizes a trade-off: while use of commitment technologies thwarts deviation from pre-selected paths, they …
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