from the 2010 Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS). We are particularly interested in the way in which specific …

households using data from the Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS). The capital gains from bond price and equity … price increases turn out to be concentrated among relatively few households, while the median household strongly benefits … from housing price increases. The capital gains from bond price increases (relative to household net wealth) do not …

We study the role of household saving behaviour, of individual motives for saving and that of perceived liquidity … constraints in 15 Euro Area countries. The empirical analysis is based on the Household Finance and Consumption Survey, a new … harmonized data set collecting detailed information on wealth holdings, consumption and income at the household level. Since the …

, particularly in the course of the coronavirus pandemic. Interestingly, even though inflation rates in Germany have been clearly …

document substantial heterogeneity across these dimensions. The median household in the euro area has a positive interest rate …

We present the estimated large-scale three-region DSGE model GEAR picturing Germany, the Euro Area and the Rest of the … present-value multipliers for distinct fiscal instruments, and to assess how discretionary fiscal policy in Germany and the …-on-quarter GDP growth substantially, both in Germany and in the rest of the Euro Area. The main drivers of GDP growth in Europe …