We investigate whether US households possess advance information about their future income and what this means for … consumption insurance. Based on insights from a theoretical model, we propose a new test to detect advance information, which … requires only panel data on consumption and income. Using the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, we find---in contrast to the …

This paper presents a meta-analysis of variations in price and income elasticities of residential water demand … synthesize research results on price and income elasticities of residentialwater demand report in the literature. These … empirical estimates of the price and income elasticity ofresidential water demand vary to such considerable extents. The set of …

Contribution) or changing the pension fund contribution rate on labour income (Defined Benefit). Generally, economies with Defined …

are negativelycorrelated with a correlation coefficient of -.3. Furthermore we explain ? and ? by income,age, gender …

confidence shock in the Southern European countries and a shift in consumer preferences in the Northern European countries …, particularly among high-income earners. We conclude that the COVID-19 experience has altered consumer behavior and that long …