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Note on intertemporal preference with loss aversion
We study two models of intertemporal preferences exhibiting loss aversion: one based on utility changes relative to a reference point, and another incorporating mental adjustment costs. Within a multi-period (possibly infinite-horizon) framework, we show that the two formulations are theoretically equivalent. The resulting preferences are neither monotone nor concave in general. We derive necessary and sufficient conditions for monotonicity and concavity, and provide a continuous-time extension that preserves the equivalence. Our results offer a tractable and rigorous foundation for modeling intertemporal behavior under reference-dependent preferences.
期刊介绍:
The international, interdisciplinary journal Mathematical Social Sciences publishes original research articles, survey papers, short notes and book reviews. The journal emphasizes the unity of mathematical modelling in economics, psychology, political sciences, sociology and other social sciences.
Topics of particular interest include the fundamental aspects of choice, information, and preferences (decision science) and of interaction (game theory and economic theory), the measurement of utility, welfare and inequality, the formal theories of justice and implementation, voting rules, cooperative games, fair division, cost allocation, bargaining, matching, social networks, and evolutionary and other dynamics models.
Papers published by the journal are mathematically rigorous but no bounds, from above or from below, limits their technical level. All mathematical techniques may be used. The articles should be self-contained and readable by social scientists trained in mathematics.