118785
118785
forskning
2010-02-01T08:00:00.000Z
en

Self-delusion in the pursuit of happiness

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Dag Einar Sommervoll explores how repeated revisions of consumption plans increase long-run utility in a Discussion Paper. If agents value present anticipations of future consumption, some revisions may be viewed as a benign form of self-delusion.

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