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This paper analyzes the existence of 'wealth effects' derived from net equity (in the form of housing, financial assets …-2017. Overall, wealth effects are found to be relatively large and significant for housing wealth, but less so for other types of … wealth, including stocks. Furthermore, the analysis shows how these estimated marginal propensities to consume (MPC) from …
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We attempt to disentangle income and wealth effects on consumption by disaggregating both the different types of income … and wealth. We estimate a consumption function for a panel of quarterly data for 14 advanced economies spanning 1998 to … different components of income and wealth. While fiscal policy had direct effects on consumption, the analysis suggests that …
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Using firm-level data on ASEAN5, this paper studies the differential effects of macrofinancial and structural factors on corporate saving behavior through the lens of external financing dependence. The finding suggests that non-financial corporations in ASEAN5 have been subject to binding...
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This paper studies the US housing market using a proprietary and comprehensive dataset covering nearly 90 million residential transactions over 1998-2018. First, we document the evolution of different types of investment purchases such as those conducted by short-term buyers, out-of-state...
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including potential saving determinants identified by theory but not previously considered in the empirical literature. Fourth …
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is affected by the gap between ‘target' and actual wealth, with the target wealth determined by credit conditions and … saving rate's long-term decline, while fluctuations in net wealth and uncertainty capture the bulk of the business …
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This paper discusses the evolution of the household debt in Australia and finds that while higher-income and higher-wealth …
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We use UK transaction-level data during the Covid-19 pandemic to study whether mortgage payment holidays (PH) can act as a mechanism for smoothing household consumption following negative aggregate shocks. Our results suggest that mortgage PH were accessed by both households with pre-existing...
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Historically high household debt in several economies is calling for a deleveraging, but according to some economists, this adjustment can slow GDP growth by weighing on consumption. Using a sample of advanced and emerging market economies, this paper finds evidence of a negative relationship...
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This paper separates the roles of demand for housing services and belief about future house prices in a house price cycle, by utilizing a feature of user-cost-of-housing that it is sensitive to demand for housing services only. Optimality conditions of producing housing services determine...
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