• Title of article

    Consumption and saving with habit formation and durability

  • Author/Authors

    William T. Smith، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2002
  • Pages
    7
  • From page
    369
  • To page
    375
  • Abstract
    This paper develops a model of precautionary saving with habit formation and durability. Durability offsets the effects of habit formation on both consumption growth and the precautionary premium. Empirical tests of habit formation and durability on consumption growth might exploit their parallel effects on the precautionary premium
  • Keywords
    Habit formation , Durability , Consumption , Saving
  • Journal title
    Economics Letters
  • Serial Year
    2002
  • Journal title
    Economics Letters
  • Record number

    434945