Meghir, C.;
(2004)
A retrospective on Friedman’s Theory of Permanent Income.
(IFS Working Papers
W04/01).
Institute for Fiscal Studies: London, UK.
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Abstract
Friedman’s book on the “Consumption Function” is one of the great works of Economics demonstrating how the interplay between theoretical ideas and data analysis could lead to major policy implications. We present a short review of Friedman’s Permanent Income Hypothesis, the origins of the idea and its theoretical foundations. We give a brief overview of its influence in modern economics and discuss some relevant empirical results and the way they relate to the original approach taken by Friedman.
| Type: | Working / discussion paper |
|---|---|
| Title: | A retrospective on Friedman’s Theory of Permanent Income |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1920/wp.ifs.2004.0401 |
| Language: | English |
| Keywords: | JEL classification: B31, D11, H30. Friedman, consumption function, permanent income hypothesis |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of Economics |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/2913 |
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