Does wealth affect consumption? Evidence for Italy

Journal of Macroeconomics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 189-205

  Paiella, Monica ^a  

^a BANK OF ITALY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Financial wealth; Household saving behavior; Housing; Marginal propensity to consume out of wealth; Wealth effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847127387     PISSN: 01640704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmacro.2005.06.001     Document Type: Article

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