Title
On the Axiomatization of the Satiation and Habit Formation Utility Models
Abstract
We propose a preference condition called shifted difference independence to axiomatize a general habit formation and satiation model GHS. This model allows for a general habit formation and satiation function that contain many functional forms in the literature as special cases. Since the GHS model can be reduced to either a general satiation model GSa or a general habit formation model GHa, our theory also provides approaches to axiomatize both the GSa model and the GHa model. Furthermore, by adding extra preference conditions into our axiomatization framework, we obtain a GHS model with a linear habit formation function and a recursively defined linear satiation function.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1287/opre.2013.1223
Operations Research
Keywords
Field
DocType
habit formation,time preference
Discounted utility,Mathematical optimization,Mathematical economics,Habit,Time preference,Mathematics,Recursion
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
61
6
0030-364X
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.42
8
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Ying He11264105.35
James S. Dyer227123.64
John C. Butler317921.20