Describe Friedman’s permanent-income hypothesis. What
determines a person’s current consumption? How does it resolve the
seemingly...
Describe Friedman’s permanent-income hypothesis. What
determines a person’s current consumption? How does it resolve the
seemingly contradictory pieces of evidence regarding consumption
behavior found by Kuznets?
According to the Permanent Income Hypothesis, a person’s
consumption decreases only when
A. The person's average lifetime income decreases.
B. The person saves less.
C. The person's income decreases unexpectedly.
D. The person's current income decreases.
Describe Milton Friedman’s Permanent Income Hypothesis and one
major alternative hypothesis of consumer behavior. Briefly describe
the evidence for or against Friedman’s hypothesis. How does his
hypothesis stand up after all these years?
How do the life
cycle hypothesis and the permanent-income hypothesis resolve the
apparent contradiction between the short run data, which suggests a
non proportional relationship between consumption and income, and
the long run data, which suggests a proportional relationship? [10
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How do the life cycle hypothesis and the permanent income
hypothesis resolve the apparent contradiction between the short-run
data, which suggest a no proportional relationship between
consumption and income, and the long-run data, which suggest a
proportional relationship?
How does the Life-Cycle Hypothesis resolve the puzzle of the
Kuznet data?
By assuming that income shows a life-cycle variation, the
Life-Cycle Hypothesis is able to explain why short term MPC falls
with income, but long-term APC is constant.
By assuming that income is low in the early years and reaches a
peak in late middle age and declines on retirement.
By smoothing consumption over a lifetime.
All of the above
None of the above
How does the Life-Cycle Hypothesis resolve the puzzle of the
Kuznet data?
By assuming that income shows a life-cycle variation, the
Life-Cycle Hypothesis is able to explain why short term MPC falls
with income, but long-term APC is constant.
By assuming that income is low in the early years and reaches a
peak in late middle age and declines on retirement.
By smoothing consumption over a lifetime.
All of the above
None of the above