stagnation of household consumption during the 1990s and find that the stagnation of household disposable income, the decline in …

information from two household surveys, and by so doing, attempts to assess the relative importance of precautionary saving and …

Consumption Survey (HFCS), which is conducted by the European Central Bank. We find that the rank ordering of saving motives …

experimental lab in three different informational settings, and study the role of information in individual decision making. Our … truthful preference revelation. In addition, we find that information has an important effect on truthful behavior and … stability. Nevertheless, regarding efficiency, the Gale-Shapley mechanism is less sensitive to the amount of information …

In this paper, we conduct a theoretical analysis of personal taxes (defined to include consumption and income taxes … policy recommendations about how to reform personal taxes in Japan. We find that the structure of Japan's current consumption …

In this paper, we present data on recent trends in private consumption and in possible determinants of private … consumption (such as GDP, household incomes, household saving rates, household wealth, and employment conditions) in the Group of … consumption growth rates but also in the determinants of private consumption growth during the 2002-07 period. With respect to …