Excessive consumption and present bias

DOI10.1007/S00199-021-01356-7zbMath1498.91236OpenAlexW3134094577MaRDI QIDQ2168537

Paul Calcott, Vladimir P. Petkov

Publication date: 31 August 2022

Published in: Economic Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00199-021-01356-7

zbMATH Keywords

hyperbolic discountingpresent biaspaternalism

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Consumer behavior, demand theory (91B42)

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