Wealth, credit conditions and consumption: evidence from South Africa

There is widespread disagreement about the role of housing wealth in explaining consumption. This paper exploits liquid and illiquid wealth time series from household balance sheet data for South Africa, previously constructed by the authors, to explain fluctuations in the ratios of consumption and...

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Autors principals: Aron, J, Muellbauer, J
Format: Working paper
Publicat: University of Oxford 2011