Model (Carroll (1992)+Aggregate Shocks) Summary References A Benchmark Bu er Stock Model of Consumption and Income Dynamics Chris Carroll Johns Hopkins University JEDC Conference, Aug 31/Sep 1 Carroll A Benchmark of Consumption and Income DynamicsModel (Carroll (1992)+Aggregate Shocks) Carroll (1992) Summary Income Process References 9 F(p) Main di erence with Aiyagari (1994) is income process Aiyagari: Stationary Order 1 Markov transition matrix Carroll : Friedman (1957)/Muth (1960) Transitory and Permanent shocks Lillard and Weis (1979), MaCurdy (1982), Abowd and Card (1989), etc etc Carroll: Works well for household income in PSID Virtues: 2 parameters, very simple, corresponds to theory, easy to understand Being serious about microfoundations of macro means being serious about micro data Caveat: all 2 parmaeter models can be rejected with 10000 datapoints Carroll A Benchmark of Consumption and Income DynamicsModel (Carroll (1992)+Aggregate Shocks) Carroll (1992) Summary Income Process References 9 F(p) Main di erence with Aiyagari (1994) is income process Aiyagari: Stationary Order 1 Markov transition matrix Carroll : Friedman (1957)/Muth (1960) Transitory and Permanent shocks Lillard and Weis (1979), MaCurdy (1982), Abowd and Card (1989), etc etc Carroll: Works well for household income in PSID Virtues: 2 parameters, very simple, corresponds to theory, easy to understand Being serious about microfoundations of macro means being serious about micro data Caveat: all ...
Main difference with Aiyagari (1994) is income processAiyagari: Stationary Order 1 Markov transition matrixCarroll :Friedman (1957)/Muth (1960)Transitory and Permanent shocksLillard and Weis (1979), MaCurdy (1982), Abowd and Card(1989), etc etcCarroll: Works well forhouseholdincome in PSIDVirtues:2 parameters, very simple, corresponds to theory, easy tounderstandBeing serious about microfoundations of macro means beingserious about micro dataCaveat:all2 parmaeter models can be rejected with 10000datapoints
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Main difference with Aiyagari (1994) is income processAiyagari: Stationary Order 1 Markov transition matrixCarroll :Friedman (1957)/Muth (1960)Transitory and Permanent shocksLillard and Weis (1979), MaCurdy (1982), Abowd and Card(1989), etc etcCarroll: Works well forhouseholdincome in PSIDVirtues:2 parameters, very simple, corresponds to theory, easy tounderstandBeing serious about microfoundations of macro means beingserious about micro dataCaveat:all2 parmaeter models can be rejected with 10000datapoints
Main difference with Aiyagari (1994) is income processAiyagari: Stationary Order 1 Markov transition matrixCarroll :Friedman (1957)/Muth (1960)Transitory and Permanent shocksLillard and Weis (1979), MaCurdy (1982), Abowd and Card(1989), etc etcCarroll: Works well forhouseholdincome in PSIDVirtues:2 parameters, very simple, corresponds to theory, easy tounderstandBeing serious about microfoundations of macro means beingserious about micro dataCaveat:all2 parmaeter models can be rejected with 10000datapoints
Main difference with Aiyagari (1994) is income processAiyagari: Stationary Order 1 Markov transition matrixCarroll :Friedman (1957)/Muth (1960)Transitory and Permanent shocksLillard and Weis (1979), MaCurdy (1982), Abowd and Card(1989), etc etcCarroll: Works well forhouseholdincome in PSIDVirtues:2 parameters, very simple, corresponds to theory, easy tounderstandBeing serious about microfoundations of macro means beingserious about micro dataCaveat:all2 parmaeter models can be rejected with 10000datapoints
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Main difference with Aiyagari (1994) is income processAiyagari: Stationary Order 1 Markov transition matrixCarroll :Friedman (1957)/Muth (1960)Transitory and Permanent shocksLillard and Weis (1979), MaCurdy (1982), Abowd and Card(1989), etc etcCarroll: Works well forhouseholdincome in PSIDVirtues:2 parameters, very simple, corresponds to theory, easy tounderstandBeing serious about microfoundations of macro means beingserious about micro dataCaveat:all2 parmaeter models can be rejected with 10000datapoints
Main difference with Aiyagari (1994) is income processAiyagari: Stationary Order 1 Markov transition matrixCarroll :Friedman (1957)/Muth (1960)Transitory and Permanent shocksLillard and Weis (1979), MaCurdy (1982), Abowd and Card(1989), etc etcCarroll: Works well forhouseholdincome in PSIDVirtues:2 parameters, very simple, corresponds to theory, easy tounderstandBeing serious about microfoundations of macro means beingserious about micro dataCaveat:all2 parmaeter models can be rejected with 10000datapoints
Main difference with Aiyagari (1994) is income processAiyagari: Stationary Order 1 Markov transition matrixCarroll :Friedman (1957)/Muth (1960)Transitory and Permanent shocksLillard and Weis (1979), MaCurdy (1982), Abowd and Card(1989), etc etcCarroll: Works well forhouseholdincome in PSIDVirtues:2 parameters, very simple, corresponds to theory, easy tounderstandBeing serious about microfoundations of macro means beingserious about micro dataCaveat:all2 parmaeter models can be rejected with 10000datapoints
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Main difference with Aiyagari (1994) is income processAiyagari: Stationary Order 1 Markov transition matrixCarroll :Friedman (1957)/Muth (1960)Transitory and Permanent shocksLillard and Weis (1979), MaCurdy (1982), Abowd and Card(1989), etc etcCarroll: Works well forhouseholdincome in PSIDVirtues:2 parameters, very simple, corresponds to theory, easy tounderstandBeing serious about microfoundations of macro means beingserious about micro dataCaveat:all2 parmaeter models can be rejected with 10000datapoints
Main difference with Aiyagari (1994) is income processAiyagari: Stationary Order 1 Markov transition matrixCarroll :Friedman (1957)/Muth (1960)Transitory and Permanent shocksLillard and Weis (1979), MaCurdy (1982), Abowd and Card(1989), etc etcCarroll: Works well forhouseholdincome in PSIDVirtues:2 parameters, very simple, corresponds to theory, easy tounderstandBeing serious about microfoundations of macro means beingserious about micro dataCaveat:all2 parmaeter models can be rejected with 10000datapoints
Main difference with Aiyagari (1994) is income processAiyagari: Stationary Order 1 Markov transition matrixCarroll :Friedman (1957)/Muth (1960)Transitory and Permanent shocksLillard and Weis (1979), MaCurdy (1982), Abowd and Card(1989), etc etcCarroll: Works well forhouseholdincome in PSIDVirtues:2 parameters, very simple, corresponds to theory, easy tounderstandBeing serious about microfoundations of macro means beingserious about micro dataCaveat:all2 parmaeter models can be rejected with 10000datapoints