"undesirable" values. In laboratory experiments and surveys, I provide causal evidence that consumption can be diagnostic of … values are widely considered undesirable. These effects occur for both observable and unobservable consumption and for …

This paper focuses on whether households facing economic scarcity tend to change consumption priorities as measured by … feast-related goods, indicating a "feast and famine" consumption strategy. Nevertheless, spending on food with label claims …

This paper examines how households adjusted their consumption behavior in response to COVID-19 infection risk during … the early phase of the pandemic. We use a monthly consumption survey specifically designed by the German Statistical … Office covering the second wave of COVID-19 infections from September to November 2020. Households reduced their consumption …

beliefs about nominal debt and their own real net wealth. These changes in beliefs causally affect actual consumption and … hypothetical debt decisions. Our findings suggest that real wealth mediates the sensitivity of consumption to inflation once …