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Differences in euro-area household finances and their relevance for monetary-policy transmission
Hintermaier, Thomas; Koeniger, Winfried - 2018
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011863469
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Uncertainty and information acquisition : evidence from firms and households
Mikosch, Heiner; Roth, Christopher; Sarferaz, Samad; … - 2021
We leverage the small open economy Switzerland as a testing ground for basic premises of macroeconomic models of endogenous information acquisition, using tailored surveys of firms and households. First, we show that firms perceive a greater exposure to exchange rate movements than households,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012697102
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MPC heterogeneity and household balance sheets
Fagereng, Andreas; Holm, Martin Blomhoff; Natvik, Gisle … - 2018
to consume (MPCs). Our main contribution is to document how MPCs vary with household characteristics and prize size, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011872933
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Households' response to the wealth effects of inflation
Schnorpfeil, Philip; Weber, Michael; Hackethal, Andreas - 2023
We study the redistributive effects of inflation combining administrative bank data with an information provision experiment during an episode of historic inflation. On average, households are well-informed about prevailing inflation and are concerned about its impact on their wealth; yet, while...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014364676
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Rank dependent utility, tax evasion and labor supply
Eide, Erling; Simson, Kristine von; Strøm, Steinar - 2010
In the simple Allingham-Sandmo portfolio model of tax evasion an expected utility maximizer will cheat more than what is estimated in empirical studies. Two main types of explanation have been suggested as solutions to this puzzle: (1) Tax payers act according to some non-expected utility...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008697806
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Home ownership and household portfolio choice
Michielsen, Thomas; Mocking, Remco; Veldhuizen, Sander van - 2016
period 2006-2012. Using a large administrative dataset at the household level we estimate how home equity and the outstanding … and endogeneity into account. In our preferred specifications both home equity and the household's amount of mortgage debt …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011415276
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Social networks and housing markets
Bailey, Michael; Cao, Ruiqing; Kuchler, Theresa; … - 2016
The recent house price experiences within an individual's social network affect her perceptions of the attractiveness of property investments, and through this channel have large effects on her housing market activity. Our data combine anonymized social network information from Facebook with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011476018
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Institutional reform and depositors' portfolio choice : evidence from censored quantile regressions ; conference paper
Berlemann, Michael; Luik, Marc-André - 2014
The determinants of portfolio choice have been studied extensively in the field of household finance. In this paper we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010481348
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Income and wealth inequality in America, 1949-2013
Kuhn, Moritz; Schularick, Moritz; Steins, Ulrike I. - 2017
This paper studies the distribution of U.S. household income and wealth over the past seven decades. We introduce a … newly compiled household-level dataset based on archival data from historical waves of the Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF … between the 25th and 75th percentile of the distribution. The household data also reveal that the paths of income and wealth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011717045
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The short-run and long-run effects of trade openness on financial development : some panel evidence for Europe
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Sova, Anamaria Diana; Sova, … - 2021
This paper analyses the short- and long-run effects of trade openness on financial development in a panel including data on 35 European countries over the period 2001-2019. For this purpose, it uses the PMG (pooled mean group) estimator for dynamic panels developed by Pesaran et al. (1999). The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012514560