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Author Hall, Robert E. (Robert Ernest), 1943-

Title Forward-looking decision making : dynamic-programming models applied to health, risk, employment, and financial stability / Robert E. Hall.

Publication Info. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2010]
©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 126 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series The Gorman lectures in economics
Gorman lectures in economics.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Basic Analysis of Forward-Looking Decision Making -- Research on Properties of Preferences -- Health -- Insurance -- Employment -- Idiosyncratic Risk -- Financial Stability with Government-Guaranteed Debt.
Summary Individuals and families make key decisions that impact many aspects of financial stability and determine the future of the economy. These decisions involve balancing current sacrifice against future benefits. People have to decide how much to invest in health care, exercise, their diet, and insurance. They must decide how much debt to take on, and how much to save. And they make choices about jobs that determine employment and unemployment levels. Forward-Looking Decision Making is about modeling this individual or family-based decision making using an optimizing dynamic programming model. Ro.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Households -- Decision making -- Econometric models.
Households -- Decision making.
Econometric models.
Households.
Families -- Decision making -- Econometric models.
Families -- Decision making.
Families.
Decision making -- Econometric models.
Decision making -- Econometric models.
Decision making.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Hall, Robert Ernest, 1943- Forward-looking decision making. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2010 9780691142425 (DLC) 2009042465 (OCoLC)457010528
ISBN 9781400835263 (electronic book)
1400835267 (electronic book)
1282569198
9781282569195
9780691142425 (alkaline paper)
0691142424 (alkaline paper)