Permanent Income, Current Income, and Consumption: Evidence From Two Panel Data Sets
- 1 January 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Business & Economic Statistics
- Vol. 14 (1) , 81-90
- https://doi.org/10.1080/07350015.1996.10524631
Abstract
In this article, I estimate Euler equations—that is, the first-order conditions of the consumers' maximization problem—using data from two data sets. Consumption data are taken from the Consumer Expenditure Survey. Income data are taken from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. Because the data for the estimation come from two samples, I use a generalization of the instrumental variables estimator—the two-sample instrumental variables estimator. I find evidence that consumption is excessively sensitive to predictable income growth. The estimates of the coefficient of excess sensitivity for three consumption measures range from .2 to .5.Keywords
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