Incomplete markets, labor supply and capital accumulation


Autoria(s): Marcet, Albert; Obiols-Homs, Francesc; Weil, Philippe
Contribuinte(s)

Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Departament d'Economia i Empresa

Data(s)

15/09/2005

Resumo

In this paper we explore the accumulation of capital in the presence oflimited insurance against idiosyncratic shocks, borrowing constraintsand endogenous labor supply. As in the exogenous labor supply case(e.g. Aiyagari 1994, Huggett 1997), we find that steady states arecharacterized with an interest rate smaller than the rate of timepreference. However,wealsofind that when labor supply is endogenous thepresence of uncertainty and a borrowing limit are not enough to giverise to aggregate precautionary savings .

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http://hdl.handle.net/10230/575

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eng

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Palavras-Chave #Macroeconomics and International Economics #idiosyncratic shocks #incomplete insurance #labor supply
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