Most of the empirical literature on consumption behaviour over the last decades has focused on estimating Euler … policy relevant issues. Alternatively, many papers have proposed using the consumption function to forecast behaviour. This … paper follows in this tradition, by deriving an analytical consumption function in the presence of intertemporal non …

realizations is front loaded, a closed form aggregate consumption function with CRRA preferences is derived. To have a closed form … life-time wealth and then the optimal consumption path. The derived model captures precautionary saving, which is dependent ….S. consumption data. …

In this paper we examine the link between wage inequality and consumption inequality using a life cycle model that … incorporates household consumption and family labour supply decisions. We derive analytical expressions based on approximations for … the dynamics of consumption, hours, and earnings of two earners in the presence of correlated wage shocks, non …

We study the cyclical dynamics of consumption in the euro area (EA) and the large EA countries by distinguishing … cross-country heterogeneity in how different factors (including durable-specific ones) explain consumption; (iii) the … strength of spillovers from durable to nondurable consumption, as predicted by theory, is empirically correlated with how much …

consumption and hypothetical debt decisions. Our findings suggest that real wealth mediates the sensitivity of consumption to …

-44 year-old winning; (iii) losses were quite uniform across consumption quantiles because rigid rents served as a hedge for …

aggregate private consumption. We find the effects to be economically relevant, especially when the lower bound is binding …

, income and consumption. We use panel regressions and an instrumental variable approach. First, our panel-based MPC estimates … the reaction to losses versus gains. Fourth, higher MPC is obtained for the two main consumption expenditure categories …. Fifth, we find evidences that housing prices shock decreases consumption inequality while financial wealth shocks have a …

estimates the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on consumption. The panel provides, each month, household-specific indicators of the … concern causes a significant reduction in nondurable consumption. The paper also explores the potential impact on consumption … of government interventions and of another wave of Covid-19, using household-level consumption adjustments to scenarios …

in consumption in five key sectors: tourism, hospitality, services, retail, and public transports. We identify a large …-term sectoral consumption shifts may occur. …