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Using VAR analysis on US data, we show that unanticipated fiscal expansions boost private consumption and business … crowding-in of both consumption and entry can be generated only under very specific assumptions. In a static model with full … such that future profits are high enough to generate entry. However, consumption falls for conventional parameter values …
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on consumption. Using modern panel data econometric techniques and quarterly data for the period 1990:1-2008:2, we show … countries; (iii) housing wealth effects have increased for Asian coutries in recent years; and (iv) consumption reacts stronger … to negative than to positive shocks in housing and financial wealth. -- Wealth effects ; consumption ; emerging markets …
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consumption, aggregate wealth, and labour income should predict both stock returns and government bond yields. We use data for … consumption to rise. Regarding government bond yields, when bonds are seen as a component of asset wealth, then investors react in … temporarily reduce their consumption …
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This research examines the effects of earmarking money on savings by low-income consumers. In particular, the authors test two interventions that are designed to enhance the effects of earmarking: a) using a visual reminder of the savings goal and b) dividing the earmarked money into two parts....
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consumption in five key sectors: tourism, hospitality, services, retail, and public transports. We identify a large confidence …-term sectoral consumption shifts may occur. …
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We investigate how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed consumers' payments habits in Canada. We rely on high-frequency data on cash withdrawals and debit card transactions from Interac Corp. and Canada's Automated Clearing Settlement System. We construct daily measures of payment habits reflecting...
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COVID-19 has temporarily changed the relative cost and benefits of different payment methods: cash has become more costly in terms of health risks, ease of use and likelihood of acceptance, whereas debit card usage has become less costly. As a result, consumers have shifted away from cash. For...
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COVID-19 has temporarily changed the relative cost and benefits of different payment methods: cash has become more costly in terms of health risks, ease of use and likelihood of acceptance, whereas debit card usage has become less costly. As a result, consumers have shifted away from cash. For...
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A large body of microeconomic evidence supports Friedman (1957)'s proposition that household income can be reasonably well described as having both transitory and permanent components. We show how to modify the widely-used macroeconomic model of Krusell and Smith (1998) to accommodate such a...
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in consumption in five key sectors: tourism, hospitality, services, retail, and public transports. We identify a large …-term sectoral consumption shifts may occur …
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