<p>I think that this article might be helpful:</p>

<p>“Exotic Preferences for Macroeconomists”</p>

<p><a href="http://www.nber.org/chapters/c6672.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.nber.org/chapters/c6672.pdf</a></p>

<p>They give a thorough explanation of many preference functionals and show their usefulness with macroeconomic applications.</p>

<p>Im not a specialist in macroeconomics, so I dont know the literature that well, but I think that the most used preferences nowadays are the Epstein-Zin preferences. The article I cite discusses thoroughly their properties. </p>

<p>A nice thing this paper has is that it contains detailed comments  from Peter Lars Hansen and Ivan Werning among others at the back.</p>

<p>Hope it helps! </p>

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Very Nice! Thanks. This one has a better version http://www.nber.org/papers/w10597.pdf
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(+1 Forgot) I'll wait a bit more for others answer, before accepting one. ;)
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Please note that the version you posted is a working paper version. The one I posted is the final one. I think (after a quick page-skipping) that the main text is the same, the only difference is that the figures are at the end and the comments from other economists are not present.
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<p>I'm looking for a reference with the most used utility functions in macroeconomic problems of intertemporal optimization. The reference should preferably include a list of properties of those functions, and of why they are usually used.</p>

<p>Any help would be appreciated</p>

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A reference for most used utility functions in macroeconomic problems of intertemporal optimization
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# A reference for most used utility functions in macroeconomic problems of intertemporal optimization

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-10-16)

I'm looking for a reference with the most used utility functions in macroeconomic problems of intertemporal optimization. The reference should preferably include a list of properties of those functions, and of why they are usually used.

Any help would be appreciated

**Tags:** macroeconomics, reference-request, dynamic-programming

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### Answer by username_1 on 2017-10-16. Score: 4

I think that this article might be helpful:

“Exotic Preferences for Macroeconomists”

<http://www.nber.org/chapters/c6672.pdf>

They give a thorough explanation of many preference functionals and show their usefulness with macroeconomic applications.

Im not a specialist in macroeconomics, so I dont know the literature that well, but I think that the most used preferences nowadays are the Epstein-Zin preferences. The article I cite discusses thoroughly their properties.

A nice thing this paper has is that it contains detailed comments from Peter Lars Hansen and Ivan Werning among others at the back.

Hope it helps!

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Very Nice! Thanks. This one has a better version http://www.nber.org/papers/w10597.pdf  
> **username_0**: (+1 Forgot) I'll wait a bit more for others answer, before accepting one. ;)  
> **username_1**: Please note that the version you posted is a working paper version. The one I posted is the final one. I think (after a quick page-skipping) that the main text is the same, the only difference is that the figures are at the end and the comments from other economists are not present.  

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