I examine 2,735 estimates of the elasticity of intertemporal substitution in consumption (EIS) reported in 169 …

We collect 2,735 estimates of the elasticity of intertemporal substitution in consumption from 169 published studies … participation substitute a larger fraction of consumption intertemporally in response to changes in expected asset returns. Micro …

We estimate the elasticity of intertemporal substitution (EIS) - the elasticity of expected consumption growth with … Consumer Expectations (SCE). This dataset is unique, since it includes consumers' expectations of both consumption growth and … subjective version of the consumption Euler equation, without having to take a stand on the process of expectation formation. Our …

consumption commitment for most households { their monthly rent or mortgage payment. I find that non-durable and food spending … weekly, biweekly and monthly income streams but the same timing of rent/mortgage payments have very similar consumption …

changes in disposable income around the country's financial crisis in 2008, to plot the life-cycle path of consumption and … income for different education groups and to estimate the level of consumption smoothing. We split households into three … educated engage in more consumption smoothing than those without a university degree. We also construct a measure for marginal …