E21

Macroeconomics: Consumption; Saving; Wealth

Precautionary Saving over the Business Cycle

JEL codes: 
E20, E21, E32
Version Date: 
Feb 2013
Abstract: 

We study the macroeconomic implications of time-varying precautionary saving within a general equilibrium model with borrowing constraint and both aggregate shocks

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