| 来源类型 | Working Paper |
| 规范类型 | 报告 |
| DOI | 10.3386/w10216 |
| 来源ID | Working Paper 10216 |
| The Absent-Minded Consumer | |
| John Ameriks; Andrew Caplin; John Leahy | |
| 发表日期 | 2004-01-12 |
| 出版年 | 2004 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | We present evidence that many households have only a vague notion of what they are spending on various consumption items. We then develop a life-cycle model that captures this absent-mindedness'. The model generates precautionary spending, whereby absent-minded agents tend to consume more than attentive ones. The model also predicts fluctuations over time in the level of attention, and thereby sheds new light on the sharp reduction in consumption both at retirement, and in cyclical downturns. Finally, we find patterns of attention in the data that are consistent with those predicted by the model. |
| 主题 | Microeconomics ; Behavioral Economics ; Macroeconomics ; Consumption and Investment |
| URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w10216 |
| 来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States) |
| 引用统计 | |
| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/567844 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | John Ameriks,Andrew Caplin,John Leahy. The Absent-Minded Consumer. 2004. |
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| 文件名称/大小 | 资源类型 | 版本类型 | 开放类型 | 使用许可 | ||
| w10216.pdf（388KB） | 智库出版物 | 限制开放 | CC BY-NC-SA | 浏览 | ||
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