Journal of Economic Perspectives
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Stock Market Wealth and Consumption
Journal of Economic Perspectives
vol. 14,
no. 2, Spring 2000
(pp. 99–118)
(Complimentary)
Abstract
This paper explores the link between changes in the aggregate value of corporate stock and changes in consumer spending. It presents data on the distribution of corporate stock ownership based on the 1998 Survey of Consumer Finances. It also uses time-series evidence on the comovement of stock market wealth and various categories of consumer spending to calibrate "the wealth effect." It concludes that in the year after a change in stock market values, consumer spending is likely to rise by between one and two cents for each dollar increase in the value of corporate stock.Citation
Poterba, James, M. 2000. "Stock Market Wealth and Consumption." Journal of Economic Perspectives, 14 (2): 99–118. DOI: 10.1257/jep.14.2.99JEL Classification
- E21 Macroeconomics: Consumption; Saving; Wealth
- E44 Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
- D31 Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions
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