Wealth Effects and the New Economy [electronic resource] / Torsten Sloek.
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TextSeries: IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 01/77Publication details: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2001Description: 1 online resource (22 p.)ISBN: 1451849990 :ISSN: 1018-5941Subject(s): Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy | Macroeconomics: Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment and Investment: General (Includes Measurement and Data) | New Economy | Stock Market Capitali | Stock Market | Japan | United Kingdom | United StatesAdditional physical formats: Print Version:: Wealth Effects and the New EconomyOnline resources: IMF e-Library | IMF Book Store Abstract: This paper investigates if there is a different impact from changes in "new" and "old" economy stock valuations on private consumption. Estimating a reduced-form VAR for seven OECD countries for the 1990s, it is found that the impact from changes in old economy stock valuations on consumption is in general larger in the United States, Canada, and United Kingdom than in continental Europe. Furthermore, the impact from changes in new economy valuations to consumption is roughly the same in the United States, Canada, and United Kingdom and in continental Europe. Finally, the results suggest that in continental Europe the impact on consumption from changes in the valuation of new economy stocks is bigger than from the old economy stocks, whereas for the United States, Canada, and United Kingdom the impact is more or less the same between the two sectors.
This paper investigates if there is a different impact from changes in "new" and "old" economy stock valuations on private consumption. Estimating a reduced-form VAR for seven OECD countries for the 1990s, it is found that the impact from changes in old economy stock valuations on consumption is in general larger in the United States, Canada, and United Kingdom than in continental Europe. Furthermore, the impact from changes in new economy valuations to consumption is roughly the same in the United States, Canada, and United Kingdom and in continental Europe. Finally, the results suggest that in continental Europe the impact on consumption from changes in the valuation of new economy stocks is bigger than from the old economy stocks, whereas for the United States, Canada, and United Kingdom the impact is more or less the same between the two sectors.
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