<p>I’m struggling with a problem regarding the beta delta agent.</p>

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<p>Can someone give me a hint how I can come up with the levels of utility?</p>

<p>Thanks in advance!</p>

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So sorry, of course! I uploaded a picture of my attempts up top, I hope that gives a better overview. I think that it is wrong though, because for the "partying case" I combined the cost for writing (-8) and the additional value (+3) in one period. But for the "non partying case" I split the cost and the additional value of +10. If I would've combined both of them, I would come up with a result of 2*delta > 0, which doesn't make any sense to me. Thank you so much for you help!
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Beta delta Agent - Consumption decision
Christian Schmitt
# Beta delta Agent - Consumption decision

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-06-21)

I’m struggling with a problem regarding the beta delta agent.

![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/1n6AI.jpg)

Can someone give me a hint how I can come up with the levels of utility?

Thanks in advance!

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/MkeL2.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/MkeL2.jpg)

**Tags:** behavioral-economics, decision-theory

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> **username_0**: So sorry, of course! I uploaded a picture of my attempts up top, I hope that gives a better overview. I think that it is wrong though, because for the "partying case" I combined the cost for writing (-8) and the additional value (+3) in one period. But for the "non partying case" I split the cost and the additional value of +10. If I would've combined both of them, I would come up with a result of 2*delta > 0, which doesn't make any sense to me. Thank you so much for you help!  

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