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Behavioral foundations for the Keynesian consumption function

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  • D'Orlando, Fabio
  • Sanfilippo, Eleonora

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This paper has two main goals. The first is to investigate the role that behavioral principles play in the micro-foundation of Keynes's consumption theory, the second to discuss the possibility of grounding a Keynesian-type aggregate consumption function on the basis of (some of) the principles underlying contemporary behavioral models.

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Volume (Year): 31 (2010)
Issue (Month): 6 (December)
Pages: 1035-1046

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Handle: RePEc:eee:joepsy:v:31:y:2010:i:6:p:1035-1046
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Keywords: Keynes Behavioral economics Consumption Heuristics Myopia Mental accounting;

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  • B22 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought since 1925 - - - Macroeconomics
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  • D11 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Theory
  • D91 - Microeconomics - - Intertemporal Choice - - - Intertemporal Household Choice; Life Cycle Models and Saving
  • E12 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General Aggregative Models - - - Keynes; Keynesian; Post-Keynesian
  • E21 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Consumption; Saving; Wealth

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