on consumption. Using modern panel data econometric techniques and quarterly data for the period 1990:1-2008:2, we show … countries; (iii) housing wealth effects have increased for Asian coutries in recent years; and (iv) consumption reacts stronger …

This paper estimates the wealth effects on consumption in the euro area as a whole. I show that: (i) financial wealth …; (iii) consumption growth exhibits strong persistence and responds sluggishly to shocks; and (iv) the immediate response of … consumption to wealth is substantially different from the long- run wealth effects. By disaggregating financial wealth into its …