build a two-region RBC model with labor market frictions, idiosyncratic consumption risk, and limited cross …

Using a randomized information experiment embedded in a representative survey, we study households' economic … happening in the economy shortly after the pandemic outbreak. Households that receive information on experts' views on the … holds for households that receive information on major monetary and fiscal stimulus measures announced in response to the …

Simple life cycle and permanent income hypotheses imply that changes in consumption should be unforecastable. Rational … forward-looking agents ought to smooth consumption over the life cycle and exhaust the asset stock accumulated during the … review of literature focuses particularly on the life cycle issues of consumption behaviour. …

This paper tests whether the Ricardian Equivalence proposition holds in a life cycle consumption laboratory experiment … not hold in general. Our results suggest that taxation has a significant and strong impact on consumption choice. Over the … life cycle, a tax relief increases consumption on average by about 22% of the tax rebate. A tax increase causes consumption …