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Liquidity Considerations in the Theory of Consumption
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In this article, the optimal consumption plan and optimal portfolio liquidity structure are discussed. But the model and optimality conditions for optimal consumption are not considered. And they do not consider the impact of portfolio liquidity on the portfolio's performance.Abstract:
I. Introduction, 279.—II. The model and optimality conditions, 281.—III. The optimal consumption plan, 284.—IV. Implications of the portfolio liquidity structure, 288.—V. Conclusions, 293.read more
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Consumption and Saving: Models of Intertemporal Allocation and Their Implications for Public Policy
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Consumption and Saving: Models of Intertemporal Allocation and Their Implications for Public Policy
Orazio Attanasio,Guglielmo Weber +1 more
TL;DR: A critical survey of the large literature on the life cycle model of consumption, both from an empirical and a theoretical point of view, is provided in this paper, where several approaches have been taken in the literature to bring the model to the data, their empirical successes, and their failures.