Consumption Asymmetry and the Stock Market: Empirical Evidence

Nicholas Apergis () and Stephen Miller

No 2004-43, Working papers from University of Connecticut, Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper examines whether U.S. stock-market wealth asymmetrically affects consumption. After identifying asymmetric behavior for consumption and stock market wealth, the results confirm that stock-market wealth asymmetrically affects real per capita consumption. Negative 'news' affects consumption more than positive 'news'.

Keywords: Consumption; Stock market; Wealth effect; Asymmetry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E21 E44 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 14 pages
Date: 2004-10, Revised 2006-04
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Note: The authors express special thanks to Angelos Antzoulatos, Georgios Karras, and Plutarchos Sakellaris for their comments on an earlier draft. Nonetheless, the usual disclaimer applies.
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Published in Economics Letters, December 2006

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