This paper studies the heterogeneity of the marginal propensity to consume out of wealth based on French household … surveys. This heterogeneity is driven by differences in both wealth composition and wealth levels. We find a decreasing … marginal propensity to consume out of wealth across the wealth distribution for all net wealth components. The marginal …

This paper examines the association between stock market return expectations and financial wealth holdings of older … of positive stock market return were positively associated with greater financial wealth holdings among households. Our … financial wealth holdings of households. African Americans, Hispanics, and other races were negatively associated with the …