Distributional consequences of asset price inflation in the euro area

Klaus Adam and Panagiota Tzamourani

No 27/2015, Discussion Papers from Deutsche Bundesbank

Abstract: We study the distributional consequences of housing price, bond price and equity price increases for Euro Area households using data from the Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS). The capital gains from bond price and equity price increases turn out to be concentrated among relatively few households, while the median household strongly benefits from housing price increases. The capital gains from bond price increases (relative to household net wealth) do not correlate with household net wealth (or income). Bond price increases thus leave net wealth inequality largely unchanged. In contrast, equity price increases largely benefit the top end of the net wealth (and income) distribution, thus amplify net wealth inequality. Housing price increases display a hump shaped pattern over the net wealth distribution, with the poorest and richest households benefitting least. With regard to the latter finding there exists considerable heterogeneity across Euro Area countries.

Keywords: monetary policy; asset prices; net wealth distribution; inequality; household survey (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D14 D31 E21 E31 E52 E58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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Journal Article: Distributional consequences of asset price inflation in the Euro Area (2016)
Working Paper: Distributional Consequences of Asset Price Inflation in the Euro Area (2015)
Working Paper: Distributional consequences of asset price inflation in the Euro area (2015)
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