Structural modeling of economic choices of heterogeneous agents

Buffer-Stock Saving and the Life Cycle/Permanent Income Hypothesis

BufferStock-LifeCycle

This is a replication of Carroll (1997), Buffer-Stock Saving and the Life Cycle/Permanent Income Hypothesis.

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Carroll, C. D. (1997). Buffer-stock saving and the life cycle/permanent income hypothesis. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, CXII, 1-55

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This is a replication of Carroll (1997), Buffer-Stock Saving and the Life Cycle/Permanent Income Hypothesis.

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