An Approximate Consumption Function
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Keywords
Buffer stock model of saving; Computational methods; Approximation methods and estimation;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C63 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Computational Techniques
- D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
- E21 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Consumption; Saving; Wealth
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CMP-2008-07-20 (Computational Economics)
- NEP-DGE-2008-07-20 (Dynamic General Equilibrium)
- NEP-MAC-2008-07-20 (Macroeconomics)
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