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Financial Liberalisation and Consumption Behaviour

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  • Adrian Blundell-Wignall

    (OECD)

  • Frank Browne

    (OECD)

  • Stefano Cavaglia

    (OECD)

Abstract

The paper addresses the question of whether financial liberalisation and innovation has significantly altered consumption behaviour by reducing liquidity constraints as capital markets become more flexible. A consumption model in which the permanent income hypothesis and extreme Keynesian consumption functions are nested as special cases is the starting point for this analysis. Estimated values for the sensitivity of consumption to current income for different time periods and for several OECD countries are assessed and compared in the light of various econometric properties, country specific liberalisation measures and a variety of proxies reflecting changing liquidity constraints ... Le présent document traite de la question de savoir si le processus de libéralisation et d'innovation financières, en réduisant les contraintes de liquidité du fait de la plus grande souplesse apportée au fonctionnement des marchés de capitaux, a modifié de façon significative les comportements relatifs à la consommation. Un modèle de consommation dans lequel l'hypothèse de revenu permanent et les fonctions de consommation purement Keynésiennes sont considérées comme des cas particuliers constitue le point de départ de la présente étude. Des valeurs estimées de la sensibilité de la consommation au revenu courant pour des périodes différentes et pour plusieurs pays de l'OCDE sont calculées et comparées à la lumière de plusieurs propriétés économétriques, des mesures de libéralisation spécifiques à chaque pays et de diverses variables indicatrices des modifications des contraintes de liquidité ...

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  • Adrian Blundell-Wignall & Frank Browne & Stefano Cavaglia, 1991. "Financial Liberalisation and Consumption Behaviour," OECD Economics Department Working Papers 81, OECD Publishing.
  • Handle: RePEc:oec:ecoaaa:81-en
    DOI: 10.1787/203380285176
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    1. Olalekan Charles Okunlola & Anthony E. Akinlo, 2021. "Does economic freedom enhance quality of life in Africa?," International Review of Economics, Springer;Happiness Economics and Interpersonal Relations (HEIRS), vol. 68(3), pages 357-387, September.
    2. Chance Mwabutwa & Manoel Bittencourt & Nicola Viegi, 2012. "Financial Reforms and Consumption Behaviour in Malawi," Working Papers 306, Economic Research Southern Africa.
    3. A. Bayar & K. Mc Morrow, 1999. "Determinants of private consumption," European Economy - Economic Papers 2008 - 2015 135, Directorate General Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN), European Commission.
    4. Adrian Blundell-Wignall & Frank Browne & Stefano Cavaglia & Alison Tarditi, 1992. "Financial Liberalisation and Consumption Behaviour," RBA Research Discussion Papers rdp9209, Reserve Bank of Australia.
    5. Gerdie Everaert & Lorenzo Pozzi & Ruben Schoonackers, 2017. "On the Stability of the Excess Sensitivity of Aggregate Consumption Growth in the USA," Journal of Applied Econometrics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 32(4), pages 819-840, June.

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