household-level Finnish Wealth Survey suggest that the share of liquidity-constrained households has declined over the same time …We study whether the level of household indebtedness is related to the interest rate elasticity of private consumption … even as the household sector's debt-to-income ratio has almost doubled in the past 20 years. Estimates based on the …

paper we study the effect of this developmenton the demand for second mortgages and on the savings of Dutch households. We …) the savings of renters that may be considered as would-beowners. We find a significant effect of home equity on the demand … for second mortgages.Savings of homeowners decrease when house prices accelerate. We find no evidence that inc …

the consumption level of all households who are perceived to be richer, on household savings and consumption. When …We demonstrate that interpersonal comparisons lead to "keeping up with the Joneses"-behavior. Using annual household …