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We estimate marginal propensities to consume from wealth shocks for Italian households in the early part of the Great Recession. Large asset price shocks in 2008 underpin an IV estimator. A euro fall in risky financial wealth resulted in cuts in annual total (non -durable) consumption of 8.5 ] 9...
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Using credit report records and data collected from several household surveys, we analyze changes in household debt and … appears to reflect a considerable decline in household debt, as households paid down mortgage debt in particular. At the end … to become harder to obtain during 2010. -- household debt and saving ; 2007 recession ; credit access ; mortgage debt …
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Using survey data, we investigate household financial distress. Specifically, we propose an indicator of financial … vulnerability to jointly analyze different features of household financial distress, analyzing its socio-demographic and economic …
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, desired working hours, and household debt, but have only small effects on expected spending. We provide correlational and … household exposure to stock market crashes for expectation formation …
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, desired working hours, and household debt, but have only small effects on expected spending. We provide correlational and … household exposure to stock market crashes for expectation formation …
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1. This research examines the potential impact of the stock market crash of 2008-2009 on U.S. working households. The Great Recession caused financial problems for many households in terms of unemployment, business losses, and decreases in real estate values, but the broadly based decreases in...
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future events on households’ financial situation. Households are asked to assess specific risks for their own household … (treatment) or for a household with similar characteristics (control). On average, households assign a lower probability to … shocks that negatively affect personal finances if asked for their own household compared to a similar household. We do not …
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Using data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, we examine the impact of the Great Recession on subjective well-being (as measured by life satisfaction) and attempt to identify disparate effects by age. We find that those...
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This paper discusses responses to current financial and economic crisis by regulators, supervisors and policy makers in the area of private pensions. These responses are examined in the light of international guidelines, best practices and recommendations to improve the design of private pensions
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