<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In this paper, an econometric model of consumption in Bulgaria for the period 1997-2005 is constructed. The Error-Correction Model (ECM) approach is employed and long-run relationship between household consumption and income was found. The primary purpose of this empirical paper is to get a better understanding of the factors driving household consumption in Bulgaria and to estimate a consumption function to be used for medium-term forecasting. It is shown that all households behave in a Keynesian way, basing their consumption decisions on current income.</p></abstract>

In this paper, an econometric model of consumption in Bulgaria for the period 1997-2005 is constructed. The Error-Correction Model (ECM) approach is employed and long-run relationship between household consumption and income was found. The primary purpose of this empirical paper is to get a better understanding of the factors driving household consumption in Bulgaria and to estimate a consumption function to be used for medium-term forecasting. It is shown that all households behave in a Keynesian way, basing their consumption decisions on current income.

Modeling Real Private Consumption Expenditure in Bulgaria after the Currency Board Implementation (1997-2005)

American University in Bulgaria, Bulgaria

Zagreb International Review of Economics and Business

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In this paper, an econometric model of consumption in Bulgaria for the period 1997-2005 is constructed. The Error-Correction Model (ECM) approach is employed...

Modeling Real Private Consumption Expenditure in Bulgaria after the Currency Board Implementation (1997-2005)

Online veröffentlicht: 22. Mai 2015

Seitenbereich: 81 - 89

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/zireb-2015-0005

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