This paper examines whether relative income and income inequality within reference groups affect household consumption …. Using the explanations of consumption behavior based on Dusenberry's relative income hypothesis, we test if household … consumption levels in Turkey are affected by the household's relative position and inequality in the reference group between 2005 …

This paper investigates the importance of status in household consumption and financial decisions using household data … evidence that a household's income rank — its position in the income distribution relative to its close neighbors — is … household's portfolio. More aggregate county-level evidence based on a dataset of every new car sold in each county in the …

This paper studies the direct impact of households' debt on consumption over the business cycle. We use household …

to consume (MPCs). Our main contribution is to document how MPCs vary with household characteristics and prize size, and …

This paper studies the direct impact of households' debt on consumption over the business cycle. We use household …

In recent decades, great changes have taken place in residents’ lifestyle and consumption structure. Urban household … among the five selected communities. Meanwhile, the carbon emissions caused by household energy consumption (CEs-HE) were …, household durable goods service life, monthly staple food consumption, and monthly energy consumption, respectively. The average …