SNB paper models ‘sticky consumption’ in Switzerland

Approach gives more robust results, author finds

swiss-national-bank-bern-2
The Swiss National Bank

Using a "stickiness-based" approach to estimating the effect of wealth on consumption helps overcome problems with other methods, according to research published by the Swiss National Bank on November 4.

Alain Galli's paper Sticky consumption and wealth effects in Switzerland, finds a common approach to estimating wealth effects, cointegration, performs poorly on Swiss data, producing unstable outcomes. Results are more robust to changes in the underlying parameters when consumption is assumed

Only users who have a paid subscription or are part of a corporate subscription are able to print or copy content.

To access these options, along with all other subscription benefits, please contact info@centralbanking.com or view our subscription options here: http://subscriptions.centralbanking.com/subscribe

You are currently unable to copy this content. Please contact info@centralbanking.com to find out more.

Sorry, our subscription options are not loading right now

Please try again later. Get in touch with our customer services team if this issue persists.

New to Central Banking? View our subscription options

Register for Central Banking

All fields are mandatory unless otherwise highlighted

This address will be used to create your account