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Predicting utility under satiation and habit formation / Manel Baucells in Management science, Vol. 56 N° 2 (Fevrier 2010) 

Public ISBD [article]  in Management science > Vol. 56 N° 2 (Fevrier 2010) . - pp. 286-301 Titre : Predicting utility under satiation and habit formation Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Manel Baucells, Auteur ; Rakesh K. Sarin, Auteur Année de publication : 2010 Article en page(s) : pp. 286-301 Note générale : Management Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Time  preference  Discounted  utility  Habit  formation  Satiation  Variety  seeking  Projection  bias Index. décimale : 658 Organisation des entreprises. Techniques du commerce Résumé : We introduce a modification of the discounted utility model that accounts for both satiation and habit formation in intertemporal choice. Preferences depend on the satiation level and the habitual consumption level. These two state variables, together with the shape of the value function, drive the properties of the model. One unique feature of our model is that it addresses the trade-off between seeking variety and maintaining acquired habits. We examine several properties of our model, such as the nontrivial patterns of desirability (willingness to pay) for an additional unit of consumption, or the effect of abstaining from consumption (craving). We explore the shape of optimal consumption patterns in discrete and continuous choice settings. If subjects underestimate the changes in satiation and habituation levels, as occurs under projection bias, our model explains why people buy more when hungry, or prefer variety in advance of consumption but stay with the same consumption good in actual use. DEWEY : 658 ISSN : 0025-1909 En ligne : http://mansci.journal.informs.org/content/56/2.toc [article] Predicting utility under satiation and habit formation [texte imprimé] / Manel Baucells, Auteur ; Rakesh K. Sarin, Auteur . - 2010 . - pp. 286-301. Management Langues : Anglais (eng) in Management science > Vol. 56 N° 2 (Fevrier 2010) . - pp. 286-301 Mots-clés : Time  preference  Discounted  utility  Habit  formation  Satiation  Variety  seeking  Projection  bias Index. décimale : 658 Organisation des entreprises. Techniques du commerce Résumé : We introduce a modification of the discounted utility model that accounts for both satiation and habit formation in intertemporal choice. Preferences depend on the satiation level and the habitual consumption level. These two state variables, together with the shape of the value function, drive the properties of the model. One unique feature of our model is that it addresses the trade-off between seeking variety and maintaining acquired habits. We examine several properties of our model, such as the nontrivial patterns of desirability (willingness to pay) for an additional unit of consumption, or the effect of abstaining from consumption (craving). We explore the shape of optimal consumption patterns in discrete and continuous choice settings. If subjects underestimate the changes in satiation and habituation levels, as occurs under projection bias, our model explains why people buy more when hungry, or prefer variety in advance of consumption but stay with the same consumption good in actual use. DEWEY : 658 ISSN : 0025-1909 En ligne : http://mansci.journal.informs.org/content/56/2.toc