Was Friedman right? New evidence on household consumption in response to permanent and transitory income

  • UNDERSTANDING HOW HOUSEHOLDS REACT TO THE ARRIVAL OF PERMANENT AND TRANSITORY INCOME IS OF INTEREST FOR RESEARCHERS AND REGULATORS. PREVIOUS STUDIES HAD TO USE IMPRECISE SURVEY DATA TO MEASURE CONSUMPTION AND THUS CONCLUSIONS OFTEN DIVERGED. WE LEVERAGE GRANULAR PERSONAL FINANCE MANAGEMENT FINTECH DATA TO TEST FRIEDMAN'S PERMANENT INCOME HYPOTHESIS AND TO ASSESS HOUSEHOLD SPENDING ELASTICITY AND MARGINAL PROPENSITY TO CONSUME FOR VARIOUS SPENDING CATEGORIES IN RESPONSE TO DIFFERENT INCOME TYPES.

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Author:Gregor Becker, Andreas HackethalORCiDGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-580203
ISSN:1866-1238
Parent Title (English):EFL quarterly : an E-Finance Lab publication
Publisher:E-Finance Lab e.V.
Place of publication:Frankfurt am Main
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Year of Completion:2018
Year of first Publication:2018
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2021/01/25
Volume:2018
Issue:1
Page Number:2
First Page:4
Last Page:5
HeBIS-PPN:477495044
Institutes:Angeschlossene und kooperierende Institutionen / E-Finance Lab e.V.
Dewey Decimal Classification:3 Sozialwissenschaften / 33 Wirtschaft / 330 Wirtschaft
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
Licence (German):License LogoDeutsches Urheberrecht