Information, habits, and consumption behavior: evidence from micro data

Mika Kuismanen and Luigi Pistaferri

No 572, Working Paper Series from European Central Bank

Abstract: Most of the empirical literature on consumption behaviour over the last decades has focused on estimating Euler equations. However, there is now consensus that data-related problems make this approach unfruitful, especially for answering policy relevant issues. Alternatively, many papers have proposed using the consumption function to forecast behaviour. This paper follows in this tradition, by deriving an analytical consumption function in the presence of intertemporal non-separabilities, "superior information", and income shocks of different nature, both transitory and permanent. The results provide evidence for durability, and show that people are relatively better at forecasting short-term rather than long-term shocks JEL Classification: D11, D12, D82, E21

Keywords: consumption; Durability; habit persistence; Panel data; Superior Information (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006-01
Note: 328745
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