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1Consumption smoothing — is the economic concept used to express the desire of people for having a stable path of consumption. Since Milton Friedman s permanent income theory (1956) and Modigliani and Brumberg (1954) life cycle model, the idea that agents prefer a stable …
2consumption — /keuhn sump sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction. 2. the amount consumed: the high consumption of gasoline. 3. Econ. the using up of goods and services having an exchangeable value. 4. Pathol. a. Older Use.… …
3Consumption function — In economics, the consumption function is a single mathematical function used to express consumer spending. It was developed by John Maynard Keynes and detailed most famously in his book The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money. The… …
4consumption function — ▪ economics in economics, the relationship between consumer spending and the various factors determining it. At the household or family level, these factors may include income, wealth, expectations about the level and riskiness of future… …
5Consumption (economics) — Economics …
6business cycle — a recurrent fluctuation in the total business activity of a country. [1920 25] * * * Periodic fluctuation in the rate of economic activity, as measured by levels of employment, prices, and production. Economists have long debated why periods of… …
7Real Business Cycle Theory — (or RBC Theory) is a class of macroeconomic models in which business cycle fluctuations to a large extent can be accounted for by real (in contrast to nominal) shocks. (The four primary economic fluctuations are secular (trend), business cycle,… …
8Intertemporal consumption — Economic theories of intertemporal consumption seek to explain people s preferences in relation to consumption and saving over the course of their life. The earliest work on the subject was by Irving Fisher and Roy Harrod who described hump… …
9Life-cycle Income Hypothesis — Italian American Economist Franco Modigliani, winner of Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 1985, originated the Life cycle Income Hypothesis base on Irving Fisher s model of inter temporal choice. In Modigliani s Life cycle Hypothesis, or LCH… …
10Life-cycle assessment — Cradle to grave redirects here. For other uses, see Cradle to the Grave (disambiguation). A life cycle assessment (LCA, also known as life cycle analysis, ecobalance, and cradle to grave analysis)[1] is a technique to assess environmental impacts …
