This paper studies the relationship between consumption and wealth based on the concept of cointegration. The analysis focuses on French data over the 1987 - 2006 period. This relationship is expressed in two ways: in terms of Marginal Propensity to Consume out of wealth (MPC) and in terms of...

This paper studies the relationship between consumption and assets wealth based on the concept of cointegration. The analysis focuses on French data on the 1987 to 2006 period. This relationship is expressed in two ways: Marginal Propensity to Consume approach and Elasticity approach. Three...