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and inadequate theory. Finally, the interaction between monetary and fiscal policy is currently perverse. Contractionary …
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This paper provides a technical description of the overlapping generations model used by the Joint Research Centre to analyse tax policy reforms, including in particular pension and demographic issues. The main feature of the EDGE-M3 model lies in its high level of disaggregation and the close...
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This paper explores the optimal risk sharing arrangement between generations in an overlapping generations model with … endogenous growth. We allow for nonseparable preferences, paying particular attention to the risk aversion of the old as well as … overall "life-cycle" risk aversion. We provide a fairly tractable model, which can serve as a starting point to explore these …
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understand these patterns, we build an overlapping-generations model where individuals face uninsurable income risk and make …
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In this paper, we first provide a brief exposition of the simplest version of the selfish life cycle model or hypothesis, which is undoubtedly the most widely used theoretical model of household behavior in economics, and then survey the literature on household saving behavior in Japan (with...
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In this paper, we analyze the wealth accumulation and saving behavior of the retired elderly in Italy using micro data from the "Survey of Italian Households' Income and Wealth," a panel survey of households conducted every two years by the Bank of Italy. We find that, on average, the retired...
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The selfish life-cycle model or hypothesis is, together with the dynasty or altruism model, the most widely used theoretical model of household behavior in economics, but does this model apply in the case of a country like Japan, which is said to have closer family ties than other countries? In...
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