I show that conventional estimators based on the consumption Euler equation, extensively used in studies of … intertemporal consumption behavior, produce inconsistent estimates of the effect of children on consumption if potentially binding … children on consumption using the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) for the US and high quality Danish administrative …

"cash-out refinance" an existing loan to fund current consumption are significantly more likely to overestimate their house …

ex-ante homeowners who rate (cash-out) refinance an existing loan to increase savings (consumption) are significantly …

Much of the literature on the effect of housing wealth on consumption has been embedded in a simple life-cycle model in … changes in consumption. However, this might constitute a fallacy of composition. Such models ignore that changes in housing … the classic Ando-Modigliani consumption function augmented by housing wealth can be deduced. It is shown that the deeper …

Much of the literature on the effect of housing wealth on consumption has been embedded in a simple life-cycle model in … changes in consumption. However, this might be a fallacy of composition. Such models ignore that changes in housing wealth … the classic Ando-Modigliani consumption function augmented by housing wealth can be deduced. It is shown that the deeper …

consumption commitment for most households { their monthly rent or mortgage payment. I find that non-durable and food spending … weekly, biweekly and monthly income streams but the same timing of rent/mortgage payments have very similar consumption …