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This paper studies why investors buy dividend-paying assets and how they time their consumption accordingly. We combine administrative bank data linking customers' consumption transactions and income to detailed portfolio data and survey responses on financial behavior. We find that private...
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This paper proposes an estimable asset pricing model that builds upon micro consumption andreference-dependent preference. Central to the model is an S-shaped consumption utility function that is convex below the reference point. The model quantitatively accounts for both low risk-free rates and...
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This paper estimates the wealth effects on consumption in the euro area as a whole. I show that: (i) financial wealth effects are relatively large and statistically significant; (ii) housing wealth effects are virtually nil and not significant; (iii) consumption growth exhibits strong...
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The current study investigates the impact of substantial economic fluctuations on household portfolios and analyzes how …
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This paper investigates the effects of stock market wealth on consumer spending. Traditional macroeconometric models estimate that a dollar's increase in stock market wealth boosts consumer spending by 3-7 cents per year. With the substantial 1990s rise in stock prices, the nature and magnitude...
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In this study, we show how changes in wealth resulting from unanticipated changes in the value of equity holdings begin a process whereby households alter consumption growth in order to close the gap between actual and target spending. Because of changing uncertainty or equity price volatility...
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In this paper we study the role of household portfolio rebalancing channel for the aggregate and redistributive effects … subsequent wealth effect on consumption. In order to jointly study these effects, we introduce an heterogeneous household life … reduction in expected return on household portfolio. However, the strength of these two forces notably varies depending on …
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