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Five facts about MPCs evidence from a randomized experiment

Summary by graduateinstitute.ch
We present five facts from an experiment on the marginal propensity to consume (MPC) out of transitory transfers: (1) the one-month MPC on a cash-like transfer is 23 percent; (2) it is substantially higher (61 percent) on a transfer administered via a card where remaining funds expire after three weeks, inconsistent with money fungibility; (3) the consumption response is concentrated in the first three weeks; (4) MPCs vary with household charact…
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graduateinstitute.ch broke the news in on Tuesday, May 13, 2025.
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