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Consumption smoothing

Consumption smoothing is an economic concept for the practice of optimizing a person's standard of living through an appropriate balance between savings and consumption over time. An optimal consumption rate should be relatively similar at each stage of a person's life rather than fluctuate wildly. Luxurious consumption at an old age does not compensate…

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Hall and Friedman's model

Milton FriedmanPermanent income theoryModiglianiLife-cycle modelMarginal propensity to consume
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Empirical evidence for Hall and Friedman's model

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Consumption smoothing

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Consumption smoothingis aeconomic concept for the practice of optimizing a person's standard of living through an appropriate balance between savings and consumption over time0.90text
Consumption smoothingrelated to Empirical evidence for Hall and Friedman's modelRobert Hall0.60section
Consumption smoothingrelated to Empirical evidence for Hall and Friedman's modelEuler0.60section
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Consumption smoothingrelated to Empirical evidence for Hall and Friedman's modelUS National Income0.60section
Consumption smoothingrelated to Empirical evidence for Hall and Friedman's modelProduct Accounts0.60section
Consumption smoothingrelated to Empirical evidence for Hall and Friedman's modelNIPA0.60section
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Consumption smoothingrelated to Empirical evidence for Hall and Friedman's modelThere0.60section
Consumption smoothingrelated to Empirical evidence for Hall and Friedman's modelWilcox0.60section
Consumption smoothingrelated to Empirical evidence for Hall and Friedman's modelZeldes0.60section

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