We provide evidence that higher moments of the relative price distribution improve out-of-sample forecasts of inflation. Further, we show how theoretically consistent higher moments can be calculated by expanding the seminal work by Theil (1967). Results presented here are of direct relevance to...

This paper incorporates heterogeneous agents into a NNS model with nominal inertia. Heterogeneous households are introduced into NNS models to try and reconcile the movements in interest rates, consumption and inflation. The key findings here are that heterogeneity and wage inertia are needed to...

DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION AND INTERNATIONAL FLOWS OF CAPITAL: WHAT CAN AN OLG MODEL TELL US? INGENUE Team (Aglietta CEPII , Breton MODEM , Chateau CEPII , Fayolle OFCE , Juillard CEPREMAP , LeCacheux OFCE , Touze OFCE ) Demographic transition happens and will continue to unfold at different rythms...

This notes proposes an approximation to the consumption function in the buffer-stock model.