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marginal propensity to consume: a standalone construct

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Household finance

the share of an extra dollar of income that a household spends rather than saves.

In household finance, marginal propensity to consume refers to the share of an extra dollar of income that a household spends rather than saves. This meaning comes from Jappelli (2010) in Annual Review of Economics.[1]

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References

Jappelli, T., & Pistaferri, L. (2010). The Consumption Response to Income Changes. Annual Review of Economics, 2(1), 479-506. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.economics.050708.142933

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