This paper elucidates the influence of stock market volatility on U.S. consumption using pooled mean group (PMG) estimation of 46 states over the period from 1998 to 2017. The findings confirm that the PMG estimates of the effect of stock market volatility on consumption are robust to the lag...

Theoretische Fundierung -- Ökonometrische Implikationen -- Untersuchungsmethoden -- Messung der relevanten Daten -- Stationarität und deskriptive Statistik -- Untersuchungsergebnisse -- Zusammenfassung, Beitrag und Ausblick.

We study the impact of income disaster-which can be triggered by various reasons such as pandemics and technological disruption-on Friedman's permanent income hypothesis. Although the hypothesis is still retained, our general equilibrium model offers two insights. First, with income disaster the...