affects savings but also compromises the consumption capacity, the human and physical capital of the economy, and undercuts …We study the behavior of consumption and health investment resulting from shocks undermining health capital …-linear interplay between life expectancy and health expenditure. We then develop a benchmark model where consumption and health capital …

This article examines the potential risks on consumption behavior of lump-sum payments. As a pension, lump-sum payments … could be consumed too fast and generate an increase of poverty rates. We experimentally investigate consumption behavior in … an inter-temporal decision-making setting. Subjects make consumption and saving decisions in an environment with two …

. More significant savings are obtained by the electricity company since electricity in Lebanon is subsidized. This case … study provides a reference point for the observed savings rather than estimated savings. …

Among the numerous factors that determine the level and structure of consumption, income is of the leading importance …. It not only limits but also modulates consumption. For over 50 years, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) has been … structure as well as the income regression and elasticity of income and savings have been calculated and analysed. Separate …

, investing, and insuring their consumption in old age. Finally, it briefly comments on the practical implications of the theory …

satisfaction or happiness) lead to changes in consumption and savings behavior? The paper uses regional sunshine as an instrument …

establish the dependency of private investment on private savings and private consumption is the main driver of the saving …/investment balance. In contrast, private savings seem to be better mobilized to finance private investment and the latter is the main … higher private consumption could be detrimental to growth and external stability. In contrast, an investment strategy that …

Like their European counterparts, French households reduced their savings and increased their consumption. They …

This paper studies consumption/saving problem under Knightian uncertainty in a two period setting. The multiple …-priors utility model is adopted. The effects of income uncertainty and capital uncertainty on optimal savings are analyzed by …