Published in:CESifo Working Paper Series ; No. 2603
Extent:
1 Online-Ressource (31 p)
Language:
English
DOI:
10.2139/ssrn.1379442
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Footnote:
Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments April 2009 erstellt
Description:
This paper considers an intertemporal decision problem in which the agent has limited foresight. It offers an interpretation of why people may smoke when they are young - and arguably have a short horizon of foresight - and refrain from smoking when they get older - and their foresight is better