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On the identification of changing tastes

On the identification of changing tastes
On the identification of changing tastes
In a dynamic choice environment, an agent’s tastes may change over time (e.g., due to present bias, habit formation, or reference dependence). These changes are often systematic with important welfare and policy implications. In this paper, we propose a framework to identify an agent’s anticipation about how her preferences change over time and provide a heuristic measure that can inform the design of economic policies. In particular, our method resolves identification issues arising in the previous literature by using the intuitive idea that, while tastes can change, rankings are often monotone with respect to a suitable dominance relation.
0899-8256
203-216
Mihm, Max
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Ozbek, Kemal
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Mihm, Max
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Ozbek, Kemal
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Mihm, Max and Ozbek, Kemal (2019) On the identification of changing tastes. Games and Economic Behavior, 116, 203-216. (doi:10.1016/j.geb.2019.04.014).

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In a dynamic choice environment, an agent’s tastes may change over time (e.g., due to present bias, habit formation, or reference dependence). These changes are often systematic with important welfare and policy implications. In this paper, we propose a framework to identify an agent’s anticipation about how her preferences change over time and provide a heuristic measure that can inform the design of economic policies. In particular, our method resolves identification issues arising in the previous literature by using the intuitive idea that, while tastes can change, rankings are often monotone with respect to a suitable dominance relation.

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Accepted/In Press date: 1 April 2016
e-pub ahead of print date: 27 May 2019
Published date: July 2019

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Local EPrints ID: 435834
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/435834
DOI: doi:10.1016/j.geb.2019.04.014
ISSN: 0899-8256
PURE UUID: 93704d07-ea06-41b6-9f6c-0364c1d73069
ORCID for Kemal Ozbek: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-3265-233X

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Date deposited: 21 Nov 2019 17:30
Last modified: 17 Mar 2024 03:59

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Author: Max Mihm
Author: Kemal Ozbek ORCID iD

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