Credit, housing collateral and consumption: evidence from the UK, Japan and the US

The consumption behaviour of UK, US and Japanese households is examined and compared using a modern Ando-Modigliani style consumption function. The models incorporate income growth expectations, income uncertainty, housing collateral and other credit effects. These models therefore capture importa...

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Autores principales: Aron, J, Muellbauer, J, Murphy, A
Formato: Working paper
Publicado: University of Oxford 2010