About half of the cyclical change in US non-durable consumption expenditure is due to changes in the products entering households' consumption basket (the extensive margin). Changes in the basket depend mostly on fluctuations in the rate at which households add new products; removals are...

This paper details the statistical sources, methods and findings that underpin the demographic evidence offered by Johansson (2010) in support of her thesis regarding “Europe’s first knowledge‐driven mortality transition,” namely the pronounced and sustained rise in the expectations of...

We build a model of the mortgage market where banks attain their optimal mortgage portfolio by setting rates and "steering" customers. "Sophisticated" households know which mortgage type is best for them, while "naïve" ones are susceptible to steering by their banks. Using data on the universe...