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Obesity and time-inconsistent preferences

Obesity Research & Clinical Practice, 2008
As obesity becomes a major health and economic issue of the current age, interventions and policies are being targeted to influence individuals' diet and exercise behaviors. Examining the deviations of reality from a baseline model of rational choice provides insights into the economic rationales for interventions to modify individuals' choices.
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Modelling time-inconsistent preferences

European Economic Review, 2000
Abstract The paper reviews some recent theoretical contributions on the modelization of time-inconsistent preferences, as well as implications for individual behavior. The focus is on the interpretation of the concepts and the link with concepts in psychology.
Caillaud, Bernard, Jullien, Bruno
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DOES TIME-INCONSISTENCY REALLY MATTER?

IFAC Proceedings Volumes, 1989
Abstract This paper considers the optimal policy design problem for an econometric model with forward-looking agents. It suggests a new approach to the question of how policymakers should react to new information. This is seen to have implications for the question of whether time-inconsistency is a practically important constraint on the policy ...
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The Time Inconsistency of Delegation-Based Time Inconsistency Solutions in Monetary Policy

Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, 2011
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ENFORCING TIME‐INCONSISTENT REGULATION

Economic Inquiry, 1992
Passage of legislation enacting a regulatory program does not ensure that the program will be successfully implemented. Certain regulations require significant long‐term investment by firms prior to their enforcement date. If firms do not engage in the desired investment, enforcing the regulations may generate significant welfare losses for society ...
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Time inconsistency and learning in bargaining games [PDF]

International Journal of Game Theory, 2005
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Sexual Reproduction and Time-Inconsistent Preferences

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2005
Discounting of future payoffs can be given an evolutionary explanation by noting that, from the point of view of the gene, the offspring of its carrier will itself have the gene with probability less than one. Because humans used to live in small groups, with a high degree of inter-relatedness, this probability may have been greater than one-half. This
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Weighted discounting - On group diversity, time-inconsistency, and consequences for investment

Journal of Economics Theory, 2020
S. Ebert, Wei Wei, X. Zhou
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TIME-INCONSISTENCY, DEMOCRACY, AND OPTIMAL CONTINGENT RULES

Oxford Economic Papers, 1995
In a stochastic world there appears to be a trade-off between the necessary 'tying of hands' to conquer the effects of time-inconsistency and the desirability of flexible response. However, it is in principle possible for the electorate to achieve an optimal outcome by use of discriminatory electoral punishment, provided it has access to all relevant ...
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Dynamic Natural Monopoly Regulation: Time Inconsistency, Moral Hazard, and Political Environments

Journal of Political Economy, 2018
C. Lim, Ali Yurukoglu
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