Recent theoretical advances in consumption theory suggest that there may exist predictable consumption surges which, if … identify economic variables that might help improve the OECD?s forecasts for Germany?s consumption and GDP growth. …

consumption development and thus average welfare of individual cohorts. The analysis is based on a Ramsey growth model and refers …

model is applied. Special focus is put on the consumption effects of population ageing and the potential to counter those by … capita consumption is among all demographic scenarios lower than without demographic changes. Permanent immigration can … retard the consumption decrease. Rising fertility even reinforces the decline of consumption in the examined period of time. …

consumption, controlling for demographics, cohort and time effects. In addition to documenting profiles for total and nondurable … consumption, we devote special attention to the age expenditure pattern for consumer durables. We find hump-shaped paths over the … that households do not smooth consumption over their lifetimes. This is especially the case for services from consumer …

Recent theoretical advances in consumption theory suggest that there may exist predictable consumption surges which, if … identify economic variables that might help improve the OECD's forecasts for Germany's consumption and GDP growth. …

model is applied. Special focus is put on the consumption effects of population ageing and the potential to counter those by … capita consumption is among all demographic scenarios lower than without demographic changes. Permanent immigration can … retard the consumption decrease. Rising fertility even reinforces the decline of consumption in the examined period of time …

consumption development and thus average welfare of individual cohorts. The analysis is based on a Ramsey growth model and refers …