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We implement a survey of Dutch households in which random subsets of respondents receive information about inflation. The resulting exogenously generated variation in inflation expectations is used to assess how expectations affect subsequent monthly consumption decisions relative to those in a...
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. Information treatments about current and next year's interest rates have a strong effect on household expectations but treatments …
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luxury goods. Moreover, uncertainty reduces household propensity to invest in mutual funds. These results support the notion … that macroeconomic uncertainty can impact household decisions and have large negative effects on economic outcomes. …
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How strong are peer effects on the beliefs and spending decisions of individuals? We use a randomized control study in which treated households are told about either average income or debt of individuals like them to assess how peer effects influence their beliefs and spending. The information...
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and second moments of inflation expectations separately affect subsequent household decisions. We document several key … encourages household job search, leading to higher subsequent employment among the unemployed and less under-employment among the …
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