this setting we explore the implications of market segmentation on firm competitiveness. If firms are unable to target …

information on consumption, income and wealth, to structurally estimate a buffer-stock saving model. We exploit the information … contained in the joint dynamics of income, consumption and wealth to quantify the degree of insurance against income risk. The …

dissave the lump-sum progressively to smooth consumption after layoff. Using de-identified high-frequency expenditure data and … matched employee-employer data from Brazil, we find that displaced workers eligible for both UI and SP increase consumption at … layoff by 35% despite experiencing a 17% consumption loss after they stop receiving any benefits. Moreover, this sensitivity …

We examine the effects of monetary policy on household self-assessed financial stress and durable consumption using … savers. We find symmetric effects on durable consumption, mainly driven by mortgagors with high debt burden or limited access …

This paper quantifies the extent of heterogeneity in consumption responses to changes in real interest rates and house … portfolios, observed in the Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS) for these countries. We then show that the … heterogeneity in household finances implies that responses of consumption to changes in the real interest rate and in house prices …

points in Switzerland. The response of non-housing consumption in Switzerland is less heterogeneous across renters and …

deviations from the common trend among consumption, aggregate wealth, and labour income, cay, and focus on the implications for … future stock returns to be higher, they will temporarily allow consumption to rise. Regarding housing returns, if housing … substitutes consumption will be temporarily reduced. …

consumption, aggregate wealth, and labour income should predict both stock returns and housing returns. We use quarterly data for … temporarily allow consumption to rise. Regarding housing returns, if housing assets are complementary to stocks, then investors … their consumption. …

. Further, while during earlier parts of our sample both a slowdown in consumption and investment growth contribute to a … decomposition for consumption growth shows that the contribution of stock market volatility becomes negligible as we go from earlier …