I’LL NEVER FORGET MY FIRST CIGARETTE: A REVEALED PREFERENCE ANALYSIS OF THE “HABITS AS DURABLES” MODEL*
用显示偏好方法分析“习惯作为耐用品”模型，避免设定效用函数形式，通过线性规划检验模型，并用西班牙家庭消费数据发现该模型比短期习惯和生命周期模型预测效果更好。
We provide a revealed preference analysis of the “habits as durables” model. This approach avoids the need to impose a functional form on the underlying utility function. We show that our characterization is testable by means of linear programming methods, and we demonstrate its practical usefulness by means of an application to cigarette consumption using a Spanish household consumption data set. We find that the “habits as durables” model has better empirical fit in terms of predictive success compared to the “short memory habits” and life cycle models.