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Advance Information and Consumption Insurance: Evidence and Structural Estimation

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  • Marcelo Pedroni

    (University of Amsterdam)

  • Christian A. Stoltenberg

    (University of Amsterdam and Tinbergen Institute)

  • Swapnil Singh

    (Bank of Lithuania, Kaunas University of Technology)

Abstract

We show that advance information on future income can be identified from the correlation between consumption growth and future income growth conditional on current income growth. Employing PSID data, we find that this conditional correlation is positive and significant. We use this evidence to structurally estimate a standard incomplete markets model and discover that US households possess enough advance information to reduce their income forecast errors by 15%. This significantly affects the measurement of consumption insurance. With advance information, 25% more income shocks pass through to consumption on average, and more than twice as much for the 5% asset poorest.

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  • Marcelo Pedroni & Christian A. Stoltenberg & Swapnil Singh, 2022. "Advance Information and Consumption Insurance: Evidence and Structural Estimation," Bank of Lithuania Working Paper Series 108, Bank of Lithuania.
    • Handle: RePEc:lie:wpaper:108
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    Keywords

    income risk; advance information; consumption insurance; panel data; incomplete markets.;
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    JEL classification:

    • C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
    • D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
    • D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
    • D52 - Microeconomics - - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium - - - Incomplete Markets
    • D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
    • E21 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Consumption; Saving; Wealth
    • G52 - Financial Economics - - Household Finance - - - Insurance

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