We analyse the decline of household saving rates in the bottom half of the income distribution in Germany since the 2000s, which allowed for only moderately increasing consumption inequality, despite sharply rising income inequality. We combine survey data on household consumption with our own...

We analyse the decline of household saving rates in the bottom half of the income distribution in Germany since the 2000s, which allowed for only moderately increasing consumption inequality, despite sharply rising income inequality. We combine survey data on household consumption with our own...

We analyse the decline of household saving rates in the bottom half of the income distribution in Germany since the 2000s, which allowed for only moderately increasing consumption inequality, despite sharply rising income inequality. We combine survey data on household consumption with our own...

Various deviations from the Permanent Income consumption model with rational expectations have been discussed in the literature, including loss aversion and liquidity constraints. In the existing literature, these two types of consumption asymmetry are usually considered as mutually exclusive....

In his widely discussed book "Fault Lines" (2010), Raghuram Rajan argues that many U.S. consumers have reacted to the decline in their relative permanent incomes since the early 1980s by reducing saving and increasing debt. This has temporarily kept private consumption and thus aggregate demand...

Various deviations from the Permanent Income consumption model with rational expectations have been discussed in the literature, including loss aversion and liquidity constraints. In the existing literature, these two types of consumption asymmetry are usually considered as mutually exclusive....

Angesichts des dramatischen Einbruchs der Wirtschaftsleistung im Frühjahr 2020 im Zuge der Covid-19-Krise hat der Bundestag im Juni 2020 ein massives Konjunkturpaket mit einem Volumen von mehr als 130 Mrd. Euro verabschiedet. Eine zentrale Säule des Konjunkturpakets waren dabei Maßnahmen, die...

Angesichts des dramatischen Einbruchs der Wirtschaftsleistung im Frühjahr 2020 im Zuge der Covid-19-Krise hat der Bundestag im Juni 2020 ein massives Konjunkturpaket mit einem Volumen von mehr als 130 Mrd. Euro verabschiedet. Eine zentrale Säule des Konjunkturpakets waren dabei Maßnahmen, die...

This paper analyses the effects of borrower-specific credit constraints on macroeconomic outcomes in an agent-based housing market model, calibrated using U.K. household survey data. We apply different Loan-to-Value (LTV) caps for different types of agents: first-time-buyers, second and...