paper we study the effect of this developmenton the demand for second mortgages and on the savings of Dutch households. We …) the savings of renters that may be considered as would-beowners. We find a significant effect of home equity on the demand … for second mortgages.Savings of homeowners decrease when house prices accelerate. We find no evidence that inc …

We propose a consistent utility-based framework to jointly explain a household's decisions on purchase incidence, brand … able to take into account consumption dynamics. In the model, households derive utility from consumption, and they relate … their purchase behavior to consumption planning. We illustrate our model for yogurt purchases, and show that our model …

consumption changes in the US over the period 1952-2001. Theoretically, the effect of labour income risk on consumption changes is … consumption changes. A more important part of aggregate consumption changes is explained by the unobserved component. The …

, it is shown that government expenditures can cause a rise in private consumption, real wages, and employment if the … to decline. Households are willing to raise consumption if monetary policy is active, i.e. ensures that the real interest … rate rises with inflation. Otherwise, private consumption can also be crowded-out, as in the conventional case where …