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"Leaning against the wind" - a tighter monetary policy than necessary for stabilizing inflation around the inflation target and unemployment around a long-run sustainable rate - has been justified as a way of reducing household indebtedness. In a recent paper Lars Svensson claims that this...
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to account for anticipation effects on consumption. We investigate this using high-frequency spending and balance sheet … with a standard buffer-stock consumption model, and implies that it is less effective to target stimulus to low liquidity …
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information on consumption, income and wealth, to structurally estimate a buffer-stock saving model. We exploit the information … contained in the joint dynamics of income, consumption and wealth to quantify the degree of insurance against income risk. The …We use the Italian Survey of Household Income and Wealth, a rather unique dataset with a long time dimension of panel …
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The ratio of consumption to total household wealth (i.e., tangible assets plus unobserved human wealth) is commonly … component in the consumption equation. The consumption-to-wealth ratio calculated from this model is much less persistent than … relationship between consumption, assets and earnings (i.e., the variable "cay"). The evidence in favor of a stable cointegrating …
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The effect of wealth on consumption is an issue of longstanding interest to economists. Analysts believe that … impact of changes in wealth on household consumption and the overall macroeconomy. There is an extensive existing literature … fluctuations in household wealth have driven major swings in economic activity. This paper considers so-called wealth effects - the …
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This paper investigates the impact of financial liberalization on the relationship between consumption and total wealth …, increases the current consumption-wealth ratio. From the model, an aggregate long-run relationship is derived between … consumption, total wealth and financial liberalization which is estimated by state space methods using quarterly US data. The …
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information on consumption, income and wealth, to structurally estimate a buffer-stock saving model. We exploit the information … contained in the joint dynamics of income, consumption and wealth to quantify the degree of insurance against income risk. The …We use the Italian Survey of Household Income and Wealth, a rather unique dataset with a long time dimension of panel …
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information on consumption, income and wealth, to structurally estimate a buffer-stock saving model. We exploit the information … contained in the joint dynamics of income, consumption and wealth to quantify the degree of insurance against income risk …We use the Italian Survey of Household Income and Wealth, a rather unique dataset with a long time dimension of panel …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011694737
We analyze the consumption and wealth inequality in an OLG model with mandatory pension systems. Our framework features … consumption inequality and wealth inequality. Second, a pension system reform from a defined benefit to a defined contribution … works to reinforce consumption inequality and reduce wealth inequality. Third, minimum pension benefits are able to …
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We analyze the consumption and wealth inequality in an OLG model with mandatory pension systems. Our framework features … consumption inequality and wealth inequality. Second, a pension system reform from a defined benefit to a defined contribution … works to reinforce consumption inequality and reduce wealth inequality. Third, minimum pension benefits are able to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011872162