Exploiting three earthquakes in Italy as quasi-experiments, we analyze the response of homeowners’ consumption to … significant effect on non-durable consumption on impact, especially for households with a low level of liquid wealth and bank debt …. In contrast, we find no significant consumption change in response to the in-kind equivalent of cash transfers. Our study …

lifetime resources, on the current consumption and wealth accumulation of employees affected by the reform. In line with …

This paper provides evidence on the relevance of the collection mode for the analysis of consumption data for the … figures from consumption reports obtained with diaries markedly differ from those obtained using recall data. We then exploit … features of the distribution of consumption (not just its mean). Finally, we show how to purge the expenditure measurements …