hand, we try to identify the consequences of such process in the evolution of income and consumption inequalities. The … determinants of consumer behaviour, namely, on consumption, saving and debt. The empirical study consists of a descriptive analysis …) and the savings rates. Second, we compare the values and temporal evolution of income and consumption inequalities. The …

We study an Agent-based model of household-bank relationships where households borrow for the purpose of consumption …. Desired consumption is driven by households disposable income as well as a social norm of consumption. If households care … conduct several computational experiments, where the absence of the social consumption norm (Joneses effect) functions as …

different classes of households, status consumption and a Minskyan banking sector to analyze the relationship between rising …