【题 目】Far-sighted Preference, Intention-behavior Gap and Self-regulation

　　【时 间】2021年5月26日（星期三），14:30-16:00

　　【地 点】北京师范大学后主楼1629

　　【主讲人】申萌副教授 （首都经济贸易大学经济学院）

　　摘要

　　People do not always do what they intend to do. This paper proposes an axiomatic characterization for a far-sighted preference to explain the willingness to achieve long-term goal and the intention-behavior gap. The agent does not discount the pleasure from goal achievement but discount the future cost as usual. This imbalanced discounting causes intention-behavior gap. A far-sighted agent intends to let the future-selves (doers) to take more responsibility because their consumption cost is less important due to discounting. However, their behavior is habitual and automatically triggered by situational cues. Self-regulation problem is discussed as an alternative theory of myopia preference. The longer the goal set, the more willpower is needed to achieve it. Furthermore, the (perfect liquid) prepaid asset such as green bond is able to bridge the gap.

　　报告人简介

　　首都经济贸易大学副教授，博士生导师。主持国家社会科学基金，教育部人文社会科学基金、北京市社会科学基金、国务院第三次经济普查项目、农业部农业监测项目专家。负责“中国银行业数据库”建设。研究成果发表于《统计研究》、《世界经济》等期刊。