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Chapter Six Behavioral Foundation of Macroeconomics
Chapter Six Behavioral Foundation of Macroeconomics
Chapter Six Behavioral Foundation of Macroeconomics
Chapter Six
Behavioral Foundation of
Macroeconomics
Theories of Consumption
where APC
= average propensity to consume
= C/Y
3.
C C cY
c c = MPC
= slope of the
1
consumption
C function
C C cY
APC _____________
slope = APC
Y
Consumption function
C from long time series
data (constant APC )
Consumption function
from cross-sectional
household data
(falling APC )
0 20 -20 - - - -
80 80 0 1 0 0.75 0.25
C2 Y2
C1 Y1
1r 1r
C2
The budget
constraint
shows all Consump =
combinations _____ income in
of C1 and C2 both periods
that just
exhaust the Y2
consumer’s _______
resources.
C1
Y1
C2
The slope of
the budget
line equals
) 1
(1+r )
Y2
C1
Y1
An ________ C2 Higher
______shows
______ indifference
all combinations curves
of C1 and C2 that represent
make the higher levels
consumer of happiness.
_____________ Y
_____________. Z
X IC2
W IC1
C1
C2 The slope of an
indifference
Marginal rate of curve at any
substitution (MRS ): point equals
the amount of C2 the MRS
1 at that point.
consumer would be
MRS
________________
_________________.
IC1
C1
So the MRS is the (negative) of the
___________________________.
CHAPTER 16 Consumption slide 17
Optimization
C2
The optimal (C1,C2) At the
is where the budget optimal point,
line just touches the __________
highest indifference
curve.
O
C1
Consumption Dissaving
Retirement End
begins of life
CHAPTER 16 Consumption slide 25
Numerical Example
Suppose you start working at age 20, work
until age 65, and expect to earn $50,000
each year, and you expect to live to 80.
Lifetime income =
Spread over 60 years, so
C=
So need to save $12,500 per year.
YP
(average income, which people expect to persist into
the future)
YT
(Transitory≡ temporary deviations from average
income)