CONSUMPTION PATTERNS OVER PAY PERIODS

Clare Kelley and Gauthier Lanot

No 269469, Economic Research Papers from University of Warwick - Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper establishes a theoretical framework to characterise the optimal behaviour of individuals who receive income periodically but make consumption decisions on a more frequent basis. The model incorporates price uncertainty and imperfect credit markets. The simulated numerical solution to this model shows that weekly consumption functions are ordered such that the functions within the payment period are highest in the first and the last week of the payment cycle for all wealth levels. Using weekly expenditure data from the FES, we estimate the coefficient of relative risk aversion (point estimates are between 1.2 and 7) and the extent of measurement error in the data (which accounts for approximately 60% of the variance in the data).

Keywords: Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Labor and Human Capital (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 42
Date: 2002-11-11
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Working Paper: Consumption Patterns over Pay Periods (2002)
Working Paper: Consumption Patterns over Pay Periods (2002)
Working Paper: Consumption Patterns over Pay Periods (2002)
Working Paper: Consumption Patterns Over Pay Periods (2002)
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.269469

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