Carroll, Chris; Slacalek, Jirka; Sommer, Martin - 2012
uncertainty capture the bulk of the business-cycle variation. -- Consumption ; Saving ; Wealth ; Credit ; Uncertainty … presence of labor income uncertainty and credit constraints. Saving in the model is affected by the gap between 'target' and …We argue that the U.S. personal saving rate's long stability (1960s-1980s), subsequent steady decline (1980s-2007), and …