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Spending effects of child-related fiscal transfers
Goldfayn-Frank, Olga; Lewis, Vivien; Wehrhöfer, Nils - 2022
. Randomization in the payment dates and daily scanner data allow us to identify the effects of these transfers on household spending …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013268076
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Intertemporal preferences and the adoption decision for bluetooth speakers
Guhl, Daniel; Klapper, Daniel - 2019
The adoption decision for durable goods is intertemporal by definition. However, estimating utility and discount functions from revealed preference data using dynamic discrete choice models is difficult because of an inherent identification problem. To overcome this issue, we use stated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012139042
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Mental accounting and the marginal propensity to consume
Bernard, René - 2023
This paper studies how and why consumers respond to unexpected, transitory income shocks. In a randomized control trial, I elicit marginal propensities to consume (MPC) out of different hypothetical income shock scenarios, varying the payment mode, the shock size, and the source of income. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014320569
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Estimating a consumer demand system of energy, mobility and leisure : a microdata approach for Germany
Beznoska, Martin - 2014
This paper investigates empirically the consumer demand of environmentally relevant goods for Germany, as well as their relationship to the demand for leisure. Higher prices for energy goods like gas, electricity or fuel oil due to higher indirect taxation amongst others may have serious welfare...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010340294
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The effect of saving subsidies on household saving : evidence from Germany
Corneo, Giacomo; Keese, Matthias; Schröder, Carsten - 2010
. -- Household saving ; Saving incentives ; Retirement ; Riester scheme ; Coarsened exact matching …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003952553
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Does consumption decline at retirement? : evidence from repeated cross-section data for Germany
Beznoska, Martin; Steiner, Viktor - 2012
regressions. We also find heterogeneity in retirement effects among birth cohorts, the level of household wealth, and the level of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009559647
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The interest rate exposure of euro area households
Tzamourani, Panagiota - 2019
document substantial heterogeneity across these dimensions. The median household in the euro area has a positive interest rate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011963126
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Household saving behavior and credit constraints in the Euro area
Le Blanc, Julia; Porpiglia, Alessandro; Teppa, Federica; … - 2014
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010388544
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Do couples pool their income? : evidence from demand system estimation for Germany
Beznoska, Martin - 2019
are significant differences regarding the marital status, the presence of at least one child in the household and whether … the household is located in a former West or East German federal state. Married couples and couples with children are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011972980
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Monetary policy, housing, and collateral constraints
Franz, Thorsten - 2019
House-purchasing decisions and the possibility of existing homeowners to tap into their housing equity depend decisively on prevailing loan-to-value (LTV) ratios in mortgage markets with borrowing constrained households. Utilizing a smooth transition local projection (STLP) approach, I show that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011963152