Consider an economy of three-period-lived people in overlapping generations. Each person is endowed with y goods when

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Consider an economy of three-period-lived people in overlapping generations. Each person is endowed with y goods when young and old and nothing when middle-aged. The population of each generation born in period t is Nt, where Nt = nNt-1. There are no assets other than loans. Explain how  credit can be used to provide for consumption when middle-aged. Point out who lends to whom and write the condition for the equality of supply and demand for loans in period . Write the budget constraints for the young, the middle-aged, and the old. Be sure to define any notation you introduce.

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Modeling Monetary Economies

ISBN: 978-1107145221

4th Edition

Authors: Bruce Champ, Scott Freeman, Joseph Haslag

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