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There is vast literature examining how households’ income and consumption change over the life cycle. These studies, however, are usually restricted to developed economies. The main objective of this paper is to add to this literature by investigating the life cycle profiles and relative...
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This paper aims to test the microfoundations of consumption models and quantify the macro implications of heterogeneity in consumption behavior. We propose a new empirical method to estimate the sensitivity of consumption to permanent and transitory income shocks for different groups of...
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This paper analyzes the existence of 'wealth effects' derived from net equity (in the form of housing, financial assets …-2017. Overall, wealth effects are found to be relatively large and significant for housing wealth, but less so for other types of … wealth, including stocks. Furthermore, the analysis shows how these estimated marginal propensities to consume (MPC) from …
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A method to impute consumption expenditure inequality between wealth groups in the Survey of Consumer Finances is … provided, allowing for measurement error that is correlated with income and wealth. Identification is derived from observing … between top and bottom wealth quintiles is estimated to have increased by 50% between 2004 and 2013, indicating that observed …
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The wealthy hand-to-mouth are households who are poor in liquid wealth (e.g., cash and checking accounts) and rich in … illiquid wealth (e.g., housing and retirement accounts), while the poor hand-to-mouth are poor in both wealth. Data from the … the majority of the hand-to-mouth households in China. Second, they have different wealth portfolios and demographic …
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degree of heterogeneity in household preferences or beliefs is sufficient to match empirical measures of wealth inequality in … macroeconomic models (even ones including some heterogeneity). The high MPC arises because many consumers hold little wealth despite … on how the shock is distributed across households (depending, e.g., on their wealth, or employment status). …
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This paper tests whether the Ricardian Equivalence proposition holds in a life cycle consumption laboratory experiment. This proposition is a fundamental assumption underlying numerous studies on intertemporal choice and has important implications for tax policy. Using nonparametric and panel...
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This paper tests whether the Ricardian Equivalence proposition holds in a life cycle consumption laboratory experiment. This proposition is a fundamental assumption underlying numerous studies on intertemporal choice and has important implications for tax policy. Using nonparametric and panel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010384031
This paper tests whether the Ricardian Equivalence proposition holds in a life cycle consumption laboratory experiment. This proposition is a fundamental assumption underlying numerous studies on intertemporal choice and has important implications for tax policy. Using nonparametric and panel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010483254
The revolving credit available to consumers changes substantially over the business cycle, life cycle, and for individuals. We show that debt changes at the same time as credit, so credit utilization is remarkably stable. From ages 20-40, for example, credit card limits grow by more than 700...
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