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Buffer Stock Saving in a Krusell–Smith World
Christopher Carroll1 Jiri Slacalek2 Kiichi Tokuoka3
1Johns Hopkins University and [email protected]
2European Central [email protected]
3International Monetary [email protected]
January 24, 2015
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Wealth Heterogeneity and Marginal Propensity to Consume
Consumption�HquarterlyL permanentincome ratio Hleft scaleL¯
mt�HptWtL
Histogram: empirical HSCF1998L density ofmt�HptWtL Hright scaleL
¯
0 5 10 15 200.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
0.
0.05
0.1
0.15
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Consumption Modeling
Core since Friedman’s (1957) PIH:
I c chosen optimally;want to smooth c in light of y fluctuations
I Single most important thing to get right is income dynamics!I With smooth c , income dynamics drive everything!
I Saving/dissaving: Depends on whether E[∆y ] ↑ or E[∆y ] ↓I Wealth distribution depends on integration of saving
I Cardinal sin: Assume crazy income dynamicsI No end (‘match wealth distribution’) can justify this meansI Throws out the defining core of the intellectual framework
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Heterogeneity Matters
I Matching key micro facts may help understand macro‘puzzles’ unresolvable in Rep Agent models
I Why might heterogeneity matter?I Concavity of the consumption function:
I Different m → HHs behave very differentlyI m affects
I MPCI L supplyI response to financial change
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The Idea
I Lots of people have cut their teeth onKrusell and Smith (1998) model
I Our goal: Bridge KS descr of macro and our descr of micro
I How does the model with realistic household income processimprove on KS in matching the wealth distribution?
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Friedman (1957): Permanent Income Hypothesis
Yt = Pt + Tt
Ct = Pt
Progress since then
I Micro data: Friedman description of income shocks works well
I Math: Friedman’s words well describe optimal solution todynamic stochastic optimization problem of impatientconsumers with geometric discounting under CRRA utilitywith uninsurable idiosyncratic risk calibrated using these microincome dynamics (!)
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Use the Benchmark KS model with Modifications
Modifications to Krusell and Smith (1998)
1. Serious income processI MaCurdy, Card, Abowd; Blundell, Low, Meghir, Pistaferri, . . .
2. Finite lifetimes (i.e., introduce Blanchard (1985) death, D)
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Income Process
Idiosyncratic (household) income process is logarithmic Friedman:
yyy t+1 = pt+1ξt+1W
pt+1 = ptψt+1
pt = permanent incomeξt = transitory incomeψt+1 = permanent shockW = aggregate wage rate
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Income Process
Modifications from Carroll (1992):Trans income ξt incorporates unemployment insurance:
ξt = µ with probability u
= (1− τ )̄lθt with probability 1− u
µ is UI when unemployedτ is the rate of tax collected for the unemployment benefits
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Model Without Aggr Uncertainty: Decision Problem
v(mt,i ) = max{ct,i}
u(ct,i ) + β�DEt
[ψ1−ρt+1,iv(mt+1,i )
]s.t.
at,i = mt,i − ct,i
at,i ≥ 0
kt+1,i = at,i/(�Dψt+1,i )
mt+1,i = (k + r)kt+1,i + ξt+1
r = αa(KKK /̄lLLL)α−1
Variables normalized by ptW
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What Happens After Death?
I You are replaced by a new agent whose permanent income isequal to the population mean
I Prevents the population distribution of permanent incomefrom spreading out
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What Happens After Death?
I You are replaced by a new agent whose permanent income isequal to the population mean
I Prevents the population distribution of permanent incomefrom spreading out
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Ergodic Distribution of Permanent Income
Exists, if death eliminates permanent shocks:
�DE[ψ2] < 1.
Holds.
Population mean of p2:
M[p2] =
(D
1−�DE[ψ2]
)
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Parameter Values
I β, ρ, α, δ, l̄ , µ , and u taken from JEDC special volume
I Key new parameter values:
Description Param Value Source
Prob of Death per Quarter D 0.005 Life span of 50 yearsVariance of Log ψt σ2
ψ 0.016/4 Carroll (1992); SCFVariance of Log θt σ2
θ 0.010× 4 Carroll (1992)
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Annual Income, Earnings, or Wage Variances
σ2ψ σ2
ξ
Our parameters 0.016 0.010
Carroll (1992) 0.016 0.010Storesletten, Telmer, and Yaron (2004) 0.008–0.026 0.316Meghir and Pistaferri (2004)? 0.031 0.032Low, Meghir, and Pistaferri (2010) 0.011 −Blundell, Pistaferri, and Preston (2008)? 0.010–0.030 0.029–0.055
Implied by KS-JEDC 0.000 0.038Implied by Castaneda et al. (2003) 0.03 0.005
?Meghir and Pistaferri (2004) and Blundell, Pistaferri, and Preston (2008) assume that the transitory component
is serially correlated (an MA process), and report the variance of a subelement of the transitory component. σ2ξ for
these articles are calculated using their MA estimates.
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Cross-Sectional Variance of Income Processes and Data,
var(log yyy t+r ,i − log yyy t,i)
Data ¯
FBS Hsolid lineL
KS Process
5 10 15 20 25 30 35Horizon r
0.05
0.10
0.15
0.20
0.25
0.30
0.35
The data are based on DeBacker, Heim, Panousi, Ramnath, and Vidangos
(2013), Figure IV(a) and were normalized so that the variance for r = 1,
var(logyyy t+1,i − logyyy t,i ) lie in the middle between the values for the KS and the
FBS processes.
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Our Models
Solve
1. Standard KS-JEDC
2. FBS, no aggregate uncertainty
3. FBS + KS aggregate uncertainty
Compare model-implied wealth distributions to data
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Model(s) with KS Aggregate Shocks
Model with KS Aggregate Shocks: Assumptions
I Only two aggregate states (good or bad)
I Aggregate productivity at = 1±4a
I Unemployment rate u depends on the state (ug or ub )
Parameter values for aggregate shocks fromKrusell and Smith (1998)
Parameter Value
4a 0.01ug 0.04ub 0.10
Agg transition probability 0.125
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Results: Wealth Distribution
Percentile
US data HSCFLKS-JEDC
Β-Point
Β-Dist
0 25 50 75 1000
0.25
0.5
0.75
1F
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Results: Wealth Distribution
Proportion of Net Worth by Percentile in Models and the Data (in Percent)
Income Process
KS-JEDC Friedman/ Buffer Stock‡
Our Solution No Aggr Unc KS Aggr Unc
Percentile of σ2ψ = 0.01 σ2
ψ = 0.01 σ2ψ = 0.01 σ2
ψ = 0.03
Net Worth σ2θ = 0.01 σ2
θ = 0.01 σ2θ = 0.15 σ2
θ = 0.01 Data∗
Top 1% 2.7 11.5 9.1 8.8 15.0 33.9Top 10% 20.2 38.9 35.9 35.3 44.8 69.7Top 20% 35.6 55.3 52.4 51.9 60.0 82.9Top 40% 60.0 76.5 74.1 74.0 78.4 94.7Top 60% 78.5 89.7 88.2 88.2 89.8 99.0Top 80% 92.1 97.4 96.8 96.9 97.0 100.2
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Conclusions
Micro-founded income process
I helps increase wealth inequality.
I simpler, faster, better in every way!
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References I
Blanchard, Olivier J. (1985): “Debt, Deficits, and FiniteHorizons,” Journal of Political Economy, 93(2), 223–247.
Blundell, Richard, Luigi Pistaferri, and Ian Preston(2008): “Consumption Inequality and Partial Insurance,”Manuscript.
Carroll, Christopher D. (1992): “The Buffer-Stock Theoryof Saving: Some Macroeconomic Evidence,” Brookings Paperson Economic Activity, 1992(2), 61–156, http://econ.jhu.edu/people/ccarroll/BufferStockBPEA.pdf.
Castaneda, Ana, Javier Diaz-Gimenez, andJose-Victor Rios-Rull (2003): “Accounting for the U.S.Earnings and Wealth Inequality,” Journal of Political Economy,111(4), 818–857.
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References II
DeBacker, Jason, Bradley Heim, Vasia Panousi,Shanthi Ramnath, and Ivan Vidangos (2013): “RisingInequality: Transitory or Permanent? New Evidence from aPanel of US Tax Returns,” mimeo.
Den Haan, Wouter J., Ken Judd, and Michel Julliard(2007): “Description of Model B and Exercises,” Manuscript.
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Krusell, Per, and Anthony A. Smith (1998): “Income andWealth Heterogeneity in the Macroeconomy,” Journal ofPolitical Economy, 106(5), 867–896.
Low, Hamish, Costas Meghir, and Luigi Pistaferri(2010): “Wage Risk and Employment Over the Life Cycle,”American Economic Review, 100(4), 1432–1467.
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References III
Meghir, Costas, and Luigi Pistaferri (2004): “IncomeVariance Dynamics and Heterogeneity,” Journal of Business andEconomic Statistics, 72(1), 1–32.
Storesletten, Kjetil, Chris I. Telmer, and AmirYaron (2004): “Cyclical Dynamics in IdiosyncraticLabor-Market Risk,” Journal of Political Economy, 112(3),695–717.