The implications of financial risk for household consumption under macroprudential policy rules
Οι συνέπειες του χρηματοοικονομικού κινδύνου για την καταναλωτική συμπεριφορά στο πλαίσιο κανόνων μακροπροληπτικής πολιτικής
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Keywords
Consumer behavior ; Household consumption ; Non-performing loans in consumer credit markets ; Euler equation for consumptionAbstract
This dissertation studies the impact of consumer debt non-payment on household
consumption decisions in the presence of macroprudential policy rules, which take the form
of borrowing constraints or imposition of penalty premiums on the borrowing interest rate.
Chapter 2 develops a dynamic equilibrium model that analyzes the role of default in
consumption decisions. The default is studied in the context of two-period overlapping
processes of consumer behavior assuming that penalty costs are imposed on borrowers if they
are delinquent in the first period and are subsequently refinanced by banks. From the
analytical solution of the household intertemporal optimization problem, an augmented Euler
equation for consumption is obtained, as a function inter alia of an expected default factor
which determines, in a static equilibrium context, the optimal value of the percentage of debt
repaid.
Chapter 3 studies delinquent and non-performing loans in consumer credit markets and
their implications for consumer behavior. By introducing endogenously non-payment of debt
in the intertemporal optimization problem of the representative household, an augmented
consumption Euler equation is derived analytically which features a risk factor in terms of
expected non-performing debt and delinquent debt. Τhe presence of the risk factor
differentiates the estimated values of the preference parameters and enhances the model's
structure in comparison to the benchmark representative agent model with full debt
repayment, which seems to be an incomplete description of consumer behavior.
Chapter 4 analyzes the assumption of multiplicative non-separable (Cobb-Douglas)
consumer preferences as a key assumption for analyzing the interdependence of consumption
and leisure choices. The consumer utility maximization problem under these preferences is
solved and a simultaneous system of two equations is derived, corresponding to a static and
an inter-temporal equation of consumption and leisure choice. The system is estimated with
GMM to obtain consistent estimates of the consumer's preference parameters, of which the
relative weight of consumption in the utility function is found to be much higher than that
commonly assumed in DSGE model calibration exercises.
Chapter 5 examines whether the consumption behavior of a borrowing constrained
household is affected by debt non-payment. From the household's intertemporal maximization
problem a two equation model is derived consisting of augmented forms of the standard
consumption Euler equation and static labor supply equation, and use nonlinear GMM to
estimate its equations. The results show that the credit constrained household tends to be more
patient against future consumption needs under debt non-payment. An estimate of the
household's borrowing limit, i.e. its debt-payment-to-income ratio, is also obtained. Our
results are found to be robust to a number of specification tests.
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Σχολή Οικονομικών, Επιχειρηματικών και Διεθνών Σπουδών. Τμήμα Οικονομικής ΕπιστήμηςNumber of pages
88Language
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