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Utility functions, future consumption targets and subsistence thresholds

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  • Brishti Guha

    (Singapore Management University)

  • Ashok Guha

    (Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi)

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If the consumer's risk aversion behavior varies intertemporally and if the risk aversion coefficient on future consumption becomes very large, the consumer tends to aim at a fixed future consumption target. A by-product is a reinterpretation of subsistence theories of consumption.

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  • Brishti Guha & Ashok Guha, 2008. "Utility functions, future consumption targets and subsistence thresholds," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 4(30), pages 1-4.
    • Handle: RePEc:ebl:ecbull:eb-08d90009
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    • D9 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics
    • E2 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment

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