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The ratio of consumption to total household wealth (i.e., tangible assets plus unobserved human wealth) is commonly … relationship between consumption, assets and earnings (i.e., the variable "cay"). The evidence in favor of a stable cointegrating … unobserved component model applied to US data over the period 1951Q4-2016Q4. The regression of consumption on assets and earnings …
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King, Plosser, Stock, and Watson (1991) depends mainly on the time-series behavior of the reduced form consumption residual …. A permanent income hypothesis interpretation of this finding is that consumption fully reflects the implications of long …-lived shocks for the common stochastic trend in consumption, investment, and output. Further, for the three variable model, shocks …
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One of the most striking aspect of the Great Recession in the United States is the persistently high level of unemployment despite an uptick in economic activity and an increased willingness by firms to hire. This has stimulated a debate on mismatch in the labor market. The argument is that...
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The purpose of this paper is to present an approach with regard to the dynamic process of the general equilibrium during the business cycle fluctuations following monetary and fiscal interventions, which, I think, could contribute to bridging the differences between the different schools of...
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In this work, we investigate the interrelations among technology, output and employment in the different states of the U.S. economy (recessions vs. expansions). More precisely, we estimate different threshold vector autoregression (TVAR) models with TFP, hours, and GDP, employing the latter as...
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, consumption and investment. In this paper, we apply a structural vector autoregressive (SVAR) model to gain first insights that … general investment and consumption of longlived goods in the EMU core countries in order to be prepared to react on different …
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, consumption and investment. In this paper, we apply a structural vector autoregressive (SVAR) model to gain first insights that … general investment and consumption of long-lived goods in the EMU core countries in order to be prepared to react on different …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011761787
In this work, we investigate the interrelations among technology, output and employment in the different states of the U.S. economy (recessions vs. expansions). More precisely, we estimate different threshold vector auto-regression (TVAR) models with TFP, hours, and GDP, employing the latter as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012990778
negative if consumption grows slowly. The reasons for this change are straightforward, if underappreciated: (i) the value of …
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This paper presents a laboratory experiment that directly tests the theoretical predictions of consumption choices … under rational inattention. Subjects are asked to select consumption when income is random. They can optimally decide to … of the theory: 1) Subjects optimally make stochastic consumption choices; 2) They respond to incentives and changes in …
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