Handbook of US Consumer Economics

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Front Cover -- Handbook of US Consumer Economics -- Handbook of US Consumer Economics -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- 1 - Empirical analysis of the US consumer: fact, fiction, and the future -- 1. Big(ger) data: new sources and new questions -- 2. Consumer spending and the aggregate economy -- 3. Household finance -- 4. Responding to shocks -- 5. Spending over the life cycle -- 6. Measurement issues -- 7. International perspectives -- 8. Concluding thoughts -- References -- 2 - Handbook of the consumer chapter: trends in household debt and credit -- 1. Overview -- 2. Data -- 3. Decomposing the borrowing cycle -- 4. Trends in borrower characteristics -- 5. Trends in other debt -- 6. Perspectives on current household debt -- 6.1 Change in debt composition -- 6.2 Implications of the change in debt composition -- 6.3 Delinquencies -- 7. Conclusion -- References -- 3 - Trends in household portfolio composition∗ -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Survey of consumer finances data and comparison to aggregates -- 2.1 Wealth measurement: comparing the Survey of Consumer Finances to macroaggregates -- 2.2 The Survey of Consumer Finances and other household finance research -- 3. Composition of average household portfolios -- 4. Household portfolios across the asset distribution -- 4.1 Across time -- 5. Asset concentration -- 6. Cohorts -- 6.1 Interpreting the cohort figures -- 6.2 Median household assets -- 6.3 Ownership of risky assets: business, equity, and housing -- 6.4 Business ownership -- 6.5 Equity ownership -- 6.6 Home-ownership -- 6.7 Mortgage holding -- 6.7.1 The risky asset share -- 6.8 Business share -- 6.9 Equity share -- 6.10 Housing share -- 6.11 Combined risk asset share -- 7. Financial vulnerability, shocks, and the health of the household balance sheet -- 7.1 Risk from asset price shocks.

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Buch(elektronisch)#12019

Handbook of US consumer economics

Haughwout, Andrew; Mandel, Benjamin J.

Haughwout, Andrew; Mandel, Benjamin J.

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Handbook of U.S. Consumer Economics presents a deep understanding on key, current topics and a primer on the landscape of contemporary research on the U.S. consumer. This volume reveals new insights into household decision-making on consumption and saving, borrowing and investing, portfolio allocation, demand of professional advice, and retirement choices. Nearly 70% of U.S. gross domestic product is devoted to consumption, making an understanding of the consumer a first order issue in macroeconomics. After all, understanding how households played an important role in the boom and bust cycle that led to the financial crisis and recent great recession is a key metric

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Handbook of US consumer economics

Haughwout, Andrew; Mandel, Benjamin

Haughwout, Andrew; Mandel, Benjamin

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