During the Great Recession, the collapse of consumption across the U.S. varied greatly but systematically with house-price declines. We find that financial distress among U.S. households amplified the sensitivity of consumption to house-price shocks. We uncover two essential facts: (1) the...

How do macroeconomic expectations affect consumer decisions? We examine this question using a natural field experiment with 2,872 credit card customers from a large commercial bank. We conduct a survey to measure consumer expectations about future inflation and the nominal exchange rate and...

Kartengestützte Zahlungssysteme wie Kreditkarten, Kundenkarten, Electronic Cash und elektronische Geldbörse ersetzen zunehmend das klassische Bargeld in unserer Geldwirtschaft. Der Schwerpunkt der gegenwärtigen wissenschaftlichen Arbeiten auf diesem Gebiet konzentriert sich auf die...