English

Optimal Planning in Habit Formation Models with Multiple Goods

Optimization and Control 2023-08-28 v1

Abstract

In this paper, on the line e.g. of [COW00]) we investigate a model with habit formation and two types of substitute goods. Such family of models, even in the case of 1 good, are difficult to study since their utility function is not concave in the interesting cases (see e.g. [BG20]), hence the first order conditions are not sufficient. We introduce and explain the model and provide some first results using the dynamic programming approach. Such results will form a solid ground over which a deep study of the features of the solutions can be performed.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2308.13470,
  title  = {Optimal Planning in Habit Formation Models with Multiple Goods},
  author = {Mauro Bambi and Daria Ghilli and Fausto Gozzi and Marta Leocata},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.13470},
  year   = {2023}
}
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