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A Two-Period Model: The Consumption - Savings Decision and Credit Markets
A Two-Period Model: The Consumption - Savings Decision and Credit Markets
A Two-Period
Model: The
Consumption
-Savings
Decision and Macroeconomics
6th Edition
Credit
Stephen D. Williamson
Markets
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Learning Objectives, Part I
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Learning Objectives, Part II
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Budget Constraints
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Budget Constraints
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Simplify
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Next,
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Consumer’s Lifetime Budget Constraint
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Consumer’s Lifetime Wealth
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Simplified Lifetime Budget Constraint
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Simplified Lifetime Budget Constraint:
Slope-Intercept
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Figure 9.1
Consumer’s Lifetime Budget Constraint
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Figure 9.2
A Consumer’s Indifference Curves
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Optimization
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Figure 9.3
A Consumer Who Is a Lender
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Figure 9.4
A Consumer Who Is a Borrower
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An Increase in Current Income for the
Consumer
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Figure 9.5
The Effects of an Increase in Current
Income for a Lender
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Observed Consumption-Smoothing
Behavior
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Figure 9.6
Percentage Deviations from Trend in
Consumption of Durables and Real GDP
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Figure 9.7
Percentage Deviations from Trend in
Consumption of Nondurables and
Services and Real GDP
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An Increase in Future Income for the
Consumer
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Figure 9.8
An Increase in Future Income
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Temporary and Permanent Increases in
Income
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Figure 9.9
Temporary Versus Permanent Increases
in Income
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Figure 9.12
An Increase in the Real Interest Rate
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An Increase in the Market Real Interest
Rate
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Figure 9.13
An Increase in the Real Interest Rate for a
Lender
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Figure 9.14
An Increase in the Real Interest Rate for a
Borrower
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Effects of an Increase in the Real Interest
Rate for a Lender
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Effects of an Increase in the Real Interest
Rate for a Borrower
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Perfect Complements Example
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Perfect Complements Example
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Perfect Complements Example
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Figure 9.15
Example with Perfect Complements
Preferences
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Government Budget Constraints
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Government Budget Constraints
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Government Budget Constraints
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Credit Market Equilibrium Condition
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Income-Expenditure Identity
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Ricardian Equivalence
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Ricardian Equivalence
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Ricardian Equivalence
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Figure 9.16
Ricardian Equivalence with a Cut in
Current Taxes for a Borrower
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Figure 9.17
Ricardian Equivalence and Credit Market
Equilibrium
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Why Might Ricardian Equivalence Fail in
Practice?
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