marginal propensity to save
noun[S]
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thedegreeto whichpeoplewillchangehow much theysaveinrelationto achangeinincome
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marginal propensity to save
This is called themarginalpropensitytosave.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Restated, themarginalpropensitytosaveis 35%.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Generally, it is assumed that value ofmarginalpropensitytosavefor the richer is more than themarginalpropensitytosavefor the poorer.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.If a population saves more money (that is themarginalpropensitytosaveincreases across all income levels), then total revenues for companies will decline.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Many studies have found that themarginalpropensitytosaveis considerably higher among wealthier people.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Also,marginalpropensitytosaveis opposite of marginal propensity to consume.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Because themarginalpropensitytosaveis increasing with the wealth level, the reduction of the cross-sectional dispersion reduces the bond price.
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Consider an economic model in which themarginalpropensitytosavedoes not depend on the wealth level.
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Themarginalpropensitytosaveof farmers is much higher than that of government employees, not because farmers are great savers, but because their income is very unstable.
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The subsistence income level and the preference parameter , themarginalpropensitytosave, are not directly related to occupational choice and cannot be identified from this estimation.
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