This paper investigates whether the rate of interest such as the Treasury bill rate or the rate of return such as the return on a household portfolio is more relevant to the household's intertemporal decision making. In a current era, households are diversifiers (to use Tobin's 1958 term) and...

This paper investigates the impact of the inclusion of housing in a household portfolio on household's intertemporal decision making. Residential housing is one of the principal assets households hold, and thus changes in housing return can affect household consumption over time. We assess...

This paper investigates whether the inclusion of housing in a household portfolio is important to the household’s intertemporal decision making. Households hold portfolios of assets rather than a Treasury bill and/or a stock index and make their spending decisions based on expected total...