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Original Articles

Precautionary savings under income uncertainty: a cross-sectional analysis

Pages 153-160 | Published online: 20 Oct 2008
 

Abstract

The first part of this paper derives a closed fro solution for present consumption as a function of current and expected economic variables, which contains a precautionary component that is directly affected by future income risk. An estimating equation forthe structural relationship between savings and their determinants is discussed and tested using cross-sectional data from the 1984 UK Family Expenditure Survey.

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