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Liquidity constraints and time non separable preferences

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  • Jérome ADDA

    (INRA CREST and CEPREMAP, France)

  • Raouf BOUCEKKINE

    (University Carlos III, Spain)

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We present an intertemporal model of consumption and savings incorporating liquidity constraints and non-separable preferences. We solve the problem numerically and characterize the optimal consumption behavior. We explore the traditional puzzles highlighted in the empirical literature as excess smoothness of consumption, its excess sensitivity to current income and its excess persistence. We show that a model with durability and liquidity constraints is able to reproduce some of the stylized facts. Next we show that some of the econometric tests are not robust and can mistake liquidity constraints for habit formation. Hence previous results establishing habit formation on US data should be interpreted with caution.

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  • Jérome ADDA & Raouf BOUCEKKINE, 1996. "Liquidity constraints and time non separable preferences," Discussion Papers (REL - Recherches Economiques de Louvain) 1996042, Université catholique de Louvain, Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES).
    • Handle: RePEc:ctl:louvre:1996042
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    1. Champarnaud, Luc & Michel, Philippe, 2000. "Biens culturels, transmission de culture et croissance," L'Actualité Economique, Société Canadienne de Science Economique, vol. 76(4), pages 501-520, décembre.
    2. Olivier Allais & Loic Cadiou & Stéphane Dees, 2001. "Defining Consumption Behaviour in a Multi-Country Model," Working Papers 2001-02, CEPII research center.

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    • D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
    • E21 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Consumption; Saving; Wealth
    • C63 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Computational Techniques

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