Inflation-indexed bonds are fixed-income securities whose nominal cash flows are adjusted to an inflation index. In … countries where these securities exist, inflation expectations are sometimes estimated as the spread between the nominal yield … the same issuer. However, this indicator known as the break-even rate, may estimate inflation expectations with some …

The EFF collects detailed information on household assets, debts, income, consumption, and demographic variables. One … the changes in income, asset holdings, and wealth of Spanish households between the end of 2002 and 2005. …

of their expectations on future income growth rates: the shadow of unemployment. Using consumption panel data that …

skipping the imputation methods used by the previous literature to mitigate the significant lack of income and consumption … obtain that durable purchases are a source of insurance with respect to transitory shocks and the effect of family income …

It is well-known in the literature that income per capita is strongly correlated with the level of democracy across … income to democracy even after controlling for country-specifi c effects. While a positive effect emerges for poor countries …