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. Finally, substantial crosscountry heterogeneity in marginal propensities to consume out of income and wealth components calls …
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-quarter of total household wealth in Europe provides further corroboration for this finding. …
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The results from the second wave of the Eurosysystem's Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS) indicate that Cyprus households experienced very large falls in their incomes and value of real assets between 2009/2010 and 2013/2014. However, despite their worsening financial situation...
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This paper studies the heterogeneity of the marginal propensity to consume out of wealth (MPC) both across and within … countries. We estimate the MPC based on a cross-country harmonized household level dataset which combines surveys on wealth … are very similar to those obtained on aggregate data and show substantial heterogeneity across countries. The wealth …
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We use a life cycle model of consumption and portfolio choice to study the effects of social security on the investment decisions of households for the European case. Our model is mainly based on the one developed by Cocco, Gomes, and Maenhout (2005). We extend it by unemployment risk using...
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Households can rely on private savings or on public unemployment insurance to hedge against the risk of becoming unemployed. These hedging mechanisms are used differently across countries. In this paper, we use a life cycle model to study the effects of unemployment on the portfolio choice of...
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We use a life cycle model of consumption and portfolio choice to study the effects of social security on the investment decisions of households for the European case. Our model is mainly based on the one developed by Cocco, Gomes, and Maenhout (2005). We extend it by unemployment risk using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003934763
Households can rely on private savings or on public unemployment insurance to hedge against the risk of becoming unemployed. These hedging mechanisms are used differently across countries. In this paper, we use a life cycle model to study the effects of unemployment on the portfolio choice of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009515596
We use a life-cycle model of consumption and portfolio choice to study the effects of social security on the investment decisions of households for the European case. Our model is mainly based on the one developed by Cocco, Gomes, and Maenhout (2005). We extend it by unemployment risk using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011389307
We use a life cycle model of consumption and portfolio choice to study the effects of social security on the investment decisions of households for the European case. Our model is mainly based on the one developed by Cocco, Gomes, and Maenhout (2005). We extend it by unemployment risk using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013144138