hypothesis, which is undoubtedly the most widely used theoretical model of household behavior in economics, and then survey the … literature on household saving behavior in Japan (with emphasis on the author's own past research) to shed light on whether or …

We study the role of household saving behaviour, of individual motives for saving and that of perceived liquidity … constraints in 15 Euro Area countries. The empirical analysis is based on the Household Finance and Consumption Survey, a new … harmonized data set collecting detailed information on wealth holdings, consumption and income at the household level. Since the …

burden. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, my econometric analysis shows that a household's subjective debt … drastically higher self-assessed debt burdens even when controlling for the overall financial situation of the household …

find that through bulk purchasing the average household could spend 8.9% less on observed quantities (or consume 15.6% more …

effectiveness of a consumer financial regulation aiming to reduce household unsecured debt accumulation. A threat of suspending all …