Showing 1 - 10 of 30,567
How does household wealth influence consumption? The empirical evidence brought so far by the literature is unclear … and the Survey of Consumer Finances. We divide between durables and non durables consumption, and we also investigate the … the previous empirical literature. On the contrary, financial wealth seems to have no significant effects on consumption …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008577664
This article investigates how wealth and capital gains affected household consumption in the USA in the period 1989 …-2004. The empirical evidence brought so far by a large literature that investigates the role of wealth shocks on consumption is … between durables and non durables consumption, and we also investigate the roles of the different components of household …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008583570
How does household wealth influence consumption? The empirical evidence brought so far by the literature is unclear … durables consumption, and we also investigate the roles of the different components of household wealth, both gross and net … consumption of the older households only. In general, it seems that older households experience higher wealth effects, i …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008765646
We exploit a quasi-experiment that occurred in Stockholm in 2007 to provide new evidence on the magnitude of the housing wealth e.ect. Stockholm's smaller city airport was expected to close in 2011 but its operating contract was unexpectedly renewed after political negotiation behind closed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011948340
lifetime resources, on the current consumption and wealth accumulation of employees affected by the reform. In line with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011281868
In this paper we examine whether house price changes drive mortgage-based equity extraction. To do this we use longitudinal survey data with subjective information about current and expected future house prices to calculate unanticipated house price changes. We link this information at the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011961243
We exploit a quasi-experiment to provide new evidence on the magnitude of the housing wealth effect. We estimate an immediate shock of approximately -15% to house prices close to one of Stockholm's airports after its operations were unexpectedly continued as a result of political bargaining....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011967367
household final consumption for 11 advanced countries over the period from 1970 Q1 to 2015 Q4. As a modelling strategy, we …-panel and country-level analyses. In this respect, we find that consumption is mostly explained by income and housing wealth is … positively and significantly correlated with consumption. As counter-intuitive evidence, we detect a negative linkage between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011883248
, income and consumption. We use panel regressions and an instrumental variable approach. First, our panel-based MPC estimates … the reaction to losses versus gains. Fourth, higher MPC is obtained for the two main consumption expenditure categories …. Fifth, we find evidences that housing prices shock decreases consumption inequality while financial wealth shocks have a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012139739
The study quantifies stock market and housing market wealth effects on households' non-durable consumption using … market and housing market wealth effects on households' non-durable consumption using Italian household panel data (SHIW) of … market wealth effects on households' non-durable consumption using Italian household panel data (SHIW) of 1989-2002. We found …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005021843