An Experimental Analysis of Two Departures from Ricardian Equivalence

Abstract

We construct an overlapping 12generations experiment to test for two alleged departures from Ricardian equivalence. In the first treatment the setting is close to the theoretical model, while in the second we allow for liquidity 12constrained consumers. We then introduce uncertainty on future income for the first generation. Ricardian equivalence is well supported in the baseline experiment and to some extent in the liquidity 12constraint case, whereas it is clearly rejected under uncertainty

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