Life cycle dynamics of income uncertainty and consumption

B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Feigenbaum, James A ^a   Li, Geng ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

Author keywords

consumption hump; income uncertainty; life cycle dynamics; precautionary saving; projection errors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907656728     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/1935-1690.2258     Document Type: Article

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