Aggregate dividends and consumption smoothing

Winifred Huang-Meier; Mark C.  Freeman

doi:10.1016/j.irfa.2015.08.008

Aggregate dividends and consumption smoothing

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We show that net equity payouts from the corporate sector play a crucial role in helping individuals manage their consumption path across the business cycle. In particular, we show that, as investors' desire to smooth consumption increases, optimal aggregate dividends become both more volatile and more counter-cyclical to help counterbalance pro-cyclical labor income. These findings are robust to whether or not agency conflicts exist in the economy.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	324-335
Number of pages	12
Journal	International Review of Financial Analysis
Volume	42
Early online date	14 Aug 2015
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2015.08.008
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2015

Keywords

aggregate dividend policy
consumption smoothing
habit formation
dynamic stochastic general equilibrium models

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Economics, Econometrics and Finance(all)

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