We use responses to survey questions in the 2010 Italian Survey of Household Income and Wealth that ask consumers how … plays an important role. The results have important implications for predicting household responses to tax reforms and …

The paper studies the determinants of international differences in household indebtedness, and inquires whether … indebtedness is associated with increased “financial fragility”, as measured by the sensitivity of household arrears and … tapping three data sets: (i) cross-country data on household indebtedness; (ii) European panel data for households lending and …