permanent income hypothesis

…model, known as the “permanent income hypothesis,” which abstracts from retirement saving decisions. The figure shows the consumption function that emerges from a standard version of the permanent income hypothesis (assuming uncertain future income and a standard “utility function” that specifies consumers’ attitudes toward the level and riskiness of…

…optimization framework called the “permanent income hypothesis,” whose origins trace back to economist Milton Friedman’s treatise A Theory of the Consumption Function (1957). The permanent income hypothesis omits the detailed treatment of demographics and retirement encompassed in the life-cycle model, focusing instead on the aspects that matter most for…

The permanent income hypothesis provided an explanation for some puzzles that had emerged in the empirical data concerning the relationship between the average and marginal propensities to consume. It also helped to explain why, for example, fiscal policy in the form of a tax increase, if…