Reference-Dependent Consumption Plans

We develop a rational dynamic model in which people are loss averse over changes in beliefs about present and future consumption. Because changes in wealth are news about future consumption, preferences over money are reference-dependent. If news resonates more when about imminent consumption than w...

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Published in:The American economic review 2009-06, Vol.99 (3), p.909-936
Main Authors: Kőszegi, Botond, Rabin, Matthew
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Consumer economics
Consumption
Consumption theory
Decision making
Determinism
Economics
Expected utility
Financial risk
Intuition
Loss aversion
Lotteries
Marginal utility
Microeconomics
Modeling
Preferences
Risk aversion
Savings
Studies
Wealth
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subjects Consumer economics
Consumption
Consumption theory
Decision making
Determinism
Economics
Expected utility
Financial risk
Intuition
Loss aversion
Lotteries
Marginal utility
Microeconomics
Modeling
Preferences
Risk aversion
Savings
Studies
Wealth
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