Debt and the Response to Household Income Shocks: Validation and Application of Linked Financial Account Data. Baker, S. R. Journal of Political Economy, 126(4):1504–1557, 2018. Link doi abstract bibtex 2 downloads The increasing availability of data derived from linked consumer financial accounts has the potential to dramatically expand the potential for research. Examining the most comprehensive existing set of linked-account data, consisting of transaction and balance sheet data for millions of Americans, I demonstrate the power and versatility of such sources. I discuss advantages and concerns arising from this type of data and match a range of distributional moments to external sources. As one application, I test consumption elasticities across households with varying levels, and types, of debt. I find that heterogeneity in consumption elasticity can be explained entirely by credit and liquidity.
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title = {Debt and the Response to Household Income Shocks: Validation and Application of Linked Financial Account Data},
author = {Baker, Scott R.},
year = {2018},
journal = {Journal of Political Economy},
volume = {126},
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pages = {1504--1557},
doi = {10.1086/698106},
url = {https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/698106},
abstract = {The increasing availability of data derived from linked consumer financial accounts has the potential to dramatically expand the potential for research. Examining the most comprehensive existing set of linked-account data, consisting of transaction and balance sheet data for millions of Americans, I demonstrate the power and versatility of such sources. I discuss advantages and concerns arising from this type of data and match a range of distributional moments to external sources. As one application, I test consumption elasticities across households with varying levels, and types, of debt. I find that heterogeneity in consumption elasticity can be explained entirely by credit and liquidity.},
keywords = {Methods of Estimation of Wealth Inequality}
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