Consumers to make optimal intertemporal decisions

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Name and briefly describe one type of policy in which intertemporal preferences over consumption or production is important for decision making. Specifically, what are the trade offs involved between current and future consumption/production? In the absence of government intervention, would we expect the consumers/producers to make optimal intertemporal decisions?

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