Consumption, House Prices and Collateral Constraints: a Structural Econometric Analysis

Matteo Iacoviello ()

No 201, 2004 Meeting Papers from Society for Economic Dynamics

Abstract: If borrowing capacity of indebted households is tied to the value of their home, house prices should enter a correctly specified aggregate Euler equation for consumption. I develop a simple two-agent, dynamic general equilibrium model in which home (collateral) values affect debt capacity and consumption possibilities for a fraction of the households. I then derive and estimate an aggregate consumption Euler equation, and estimate its structural parameters. The results provide robust support for housing prices as a driving force of consumption fluctuations.

Keywords: Housing; consumption; collateral constraints (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C2 E2 G1 R2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2004
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