Memory Utility
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Memorable goods; memory utility; consumption smoothing;JEL classification:
- D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-MIC-2015-02-11 (Microeconomics)
- NEP-UPT-2015-02-11 (Utility Models & Prospect Theory)
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