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A Life-Cycle Model with Individual Volatility Dynamics
Abstract: This article solves a heterogeneous-agents, life-cycle model with idiosyncratic, time-varying volatility. Volatility is modeled based on an ARCH specification. I compare the life-cycle behavior of savings and consumption in a model with idiosyncratic volatility versus typical models with constant income risk. Idiosyncratic volatility generates a larger incentive to save precautionarily and, as a result, a lower consumption inequality.
Keywords: Volatility; Economics;
https://doi.org/10.21144/eq1060402
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Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Part of Series: Economic Quarterly
Publication Date: 2020
Volume: 4Q
Pages: 159-171