Time-consistency is a key feature of many important policy problems, such as those relating to optimal fiscal policy and optimal monetary policy. It is also important for private-sector decision-making through mechanisms such as quasi-hyperbolic discounting. These problems are generally solved...

This paper studies a time-inconsistent dividend problem in discrete time with nonex- ponential discounting. Motivated by the decreasing impatience in behaviour economics, a general discount function is used and assumed to be log sub-additive. Using a game-theoretic approach equilibrium barrier...

Overconfidence is a widely documented phenomenon. Empirical evidence reveal two types of overconfidence in financial markets: investors both overestimate the average rate of return to their assets and underestimate uncertainty associated with the return. This paper explores implications of...

We show that limited attention and present bias contribute to low levels of exercise. First, ina large randomized experiment, we find that email reminders increase gym visits by 13 % andthat they benefit nearly all types of individuals. Limited attention can explain these effects.Second, using a...

The paper considers project implementation under a managerial system where the manager is monitored and can be replaced. It is shown that if it is more likely for the current manager to be in charge in the next period than a replacement, that the manager naturally possesses generalized...

We formulate the multi-period, time consistent mean-CVAR (Conditional Value at Risk) asset allocation problem in a form amenable to numerical computation. Our numerical algorithm can impose realistic constraints such as: no shorting, no-leverage, and discrete rebalancing. We focus on long term...

We investigate the presence and stability of dynamically inconsistent time preferences across contexts with and without interpersonal trade-offs. In a longitudinal experiment subjects make a series of intertemporal allocation decisions of real-effort tasks between themselves and another person....

To strike the best balance between insurance risk and profit, insurers transfer insurable risk through reinsurance and enhance yield by participating into the financial market. The long-term commitment of insurance contracts makes insurers necessary to consider time-consistent (TC)...

This paper studies stochastic linear-quadratic control problems for an ambiguity-adverse agent with a time-inconsistent objective. We allow the agent to incorporate disturbances into the state's drift or choose an alternative model among a set of models equivalent to the reference model, to...