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Expenditure visibility--the extent to which a household's spending on a consumption category is noticeable to others …-average spending. Jointly, these visibility measures explain up to three quarters or more of the observed variation in total-expenditure …
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The importance of consumer confidence in stimulating economic activity is a disputed issue in macroeconomics. Do changes in confidence represent autonomous fluctuations in optimism, independent of information on economic fundamentals, or are they a reflection of economic news? I study this...
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containing information on expenditure, income, wealth and debt in a synthetic panel to understand how household indebtedness …
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We study asset-tested unemployment insurance in an incomplete markets model with moral hazard during job search. Asset testing has two counteracting effects on welfare. On the one hand, it improves consumption insurance by introducing state contingent transfers to agents most in need. On the...
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We study asset-tested unemployment insurance in an incomplete markets model with moral hazard during job search. Asset testing has two counteracting effects on welfare. On the one hand, it improves consumption insurance by introducing state contingent transfers to agents most in need. On the...
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