The Effects of Financial Deregulation on Consumption
38 Pages Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Date Written: October 26, 1989
Abstract
This paper examines whether financial deregulation in the 1980s has reduced the importance of liquidity constraints in consumption patterns. Data for six industrialized countries are used to estimate a simple model incorporating liquidity constraints and forward looking behavior. It is concluded that the importance of liquidity constraints fell between the 1970s and the 1980s. This implies that forward looking models of consumer behavior fit the data better in the recent period.
JEL Classification: 921
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Bayoumi, Tamim and Koujianou, Pinelopi, The Effects of Financial Deregulation on Consumption (October 26, 1989). IMF Working Paper No. 89/88, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=885038
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