On the Stability of the Wealth Effect

Fernando Alexandre (), Pedro Bação and Vasco J. Gabriel

No 1405, Department of Economics Discussion Papers from Department of Economics, University of Surrey

Abstract: Evidence of instability of the wealth effect in the USA is presented through the estimation of a Markov switching model of the long-run aggregate consumption function. The dating of the regimes appears to bear relation to movements in asset prices. A model-based explanation of the findings is suggested, highlighting the importance of the short-run relation between consumption, income and wealth in explaining the estimated long-run coefficients.

Keywords: Parameter instability; Markov switching; Consumption; Wealth effect (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E21 E44 G10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2005-06
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