Does Public Income Induce More Consumption?

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Fan, Elliot

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Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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The Life-Cycle/Permanent Income Hypothesis predicts that income uncertainty reduces an individual's incentive to consume, while holding permanent income level constant. This implies that switching from a relatively unstable form of income to a stable one

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The Economic Record

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2037-12-31