Testing the Behavioral Life-Cycle Model for Saving and Consumption

Abstract The conflict between behavioral finance and standard finance came to the attention of economists since they recognized the importance of psychology in finance. This paper focuses on the empirical study of the behavioral life-cycle model that is a derivative model based on three concepts of...

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Main Author: Huang, Yanjun
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2007
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/21079/
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description Abstract The conflict between behavioral finance and standard finance came to the attention of economists since they recognized the importance of psychology in finance. This paper focuses on the empirical study of the behavioral life-cycle model that is a derivative model based on three concepts of behavioral finance, including self-control, mental accounting, and frame dependence. Through testing the differential marginal propensity to consume (MPC) hypothesis and the magnitude of the offset between pension saving and discretionary saving, the results show that the empirical evidence is more consistent with behavioral life-cycle theory.
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spelling nottingham-210792018-04-10T13:57:04Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/21079/ Testing the Behavioral Life-Cycle Model for Saving and Consumption Huang, Yanjun Abstract The conflict between behavioral finance and standard finance came to the attention of economists since they recognized the importance of psychology in finance. This paper focuses on the empirical study of the behavioral life-cycle model that is a derivative model based on three concepts of behavioral finance, including self-control, mental accounting, and frame dependence. Through testing the differential marginal propensity to consume (MPC) hypothesis and the magnitude of the offset between pension saving and discretionary saving, the results show that the empirical evidence is more consistent with behavioral life-cycle theory. 2007 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/21079/1/07MAlixyh10.pdf Huang, Yanjun (2007) Testing the Behavioral Life-Cycle Model for Saving and Consumption. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)] (Unpublished)
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Testing the Behavioral Life-Cycle Model for Saving and Consumption
title Testing the Behavioral Life-Cycle Model for Saving and Consumption
title_full Testing the Behavioral Life-Cycle Model for Saving and Consumption
title_fullStr Testing the Behavioral Life-Cycle Model for Saving and Consumption
title_full_unstemmed Testing the Behavioral Life-Cycle Model for Saving and Consumption
title_short Testing the Behavioral Life-Cycle Model for Saving and Consumption
title_sort testing the behavioral life-cycle model for saving and consumption
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/21079/