The Effects of Financial Deregulation on Consumption

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Tamim Bayoumi

International Monetary Fund (IMF); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Pinelopi Koujianou

affiliation not provided to SSRN

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

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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