
doi: 10.2139/ssrn.1159702
handle: 2078.1/12727 , 10419/26396
This paper shows that the combination of habit formation – present consumption creating additional consumption needs in the future – and myopia may explain why some retirees are forced to "unretire", i.e., unexpectedly return to work. It also shows that when myopia about habit formation leads to unretirement there is a case for government's intervention. In a first-best setting the optimal solution can be decentralized by a simple "Pigouvian" (paternalistic) consumption tax (along with suitable lump-sum taxes). In a second-best setting, when personalized lump-sum transfers are not available, consumption taxes may have conflicting paternalistic and redistributive effects. We study the design of consumption taxes in such a setting when myopic individuals differ in productivity.
Habit formation, unretiring, Konsum, Habit formation; Myopia; Unretiring, D91, Risiko, myopia, H55, B- ECONOMIE ET FINANCE, Arbeitsangebot, Altersgrenze, Verbrauchsteuer, ddc:330, Einkommenshypothese, habit formation, myopia, unretiring, habit formation, H21, Theorie, jel: jel:H21, jel: jel:D91, jel: jel:H55
Habit formation, unretiring, Konsum, Habit formation; Myopia; Unretiring, D91, Risiko, myopia, H55, B- ECONOMIE ET FINANCE, Arbeitsangebot, Altersgrenze, Verbrauchsteuer, ddc:330, Einkommenshypothese, habit formation, myopia, unretiring, habit formation, H21, Theorie, jel: jel:H21, jel: jel:D91, jel: jel:H55
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