Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/66711 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Citation: 
[Journal:] Estudios de Economía [ISSN:] 0718-5286 [Volume:] 37 [Issue:] 1 [Publisher:] Universidad de Chile, Departamento de Economía [Place:] Santiago de Chile [Year:] 2010 [Pages:] 5-26
Publisher: 
Universidad de Chile, Departamento de Economía, Santiago de Chile
Abstract: 
This paper quantifies the welfare cost of consumption externalities in an endogenous growth model with habit formation. Agent's utility depends on both current consumption and a reference consumption level determined by economy-wide average past consumption. Although utility may be lower in the presence of consumption externalities, the welfare loss relative to the efficient growth path is found to be very small. This result is extremely robust to variations in the parameter values. However, there are relatively important differences in the timing of the welfare loss and in generational welfare.
Subjects: 
welfare
habit formation
endogenous growth
JEL: 
E21
D62
O41
Document Type: 
Article

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