Data and Code for: Mental Accounts and Consumption Sensitivity Across the Distribution of Liquid Assets

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) James Graham, University of Sydney; Robert McDowall

Version:  View help for Version V1

Name File Type Size Last Modified
  Data 02/27/2025 11:07:PM
  Programs 07/10/2025 01:28:AM
  Results 02/27/2025 11:07:PM
Codebook.pdf application/pdf 41.4 KB 07/09/2025 09:14:PM
README.pdf application/pdf 184.6 KB 07/23/2025 04:01:PM

Project Citation: 

Graham, James, and McDowall, Robert. Data and Code for: Mental Accounts and Consumption Sensitivity Across the Distribution of Liquid Assets. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2025. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2025-12-05. https://doi.org/10.3886/E220321V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary These files contain the programs and data for the journal article "Mental Accounts and Consumption Sensitivity Across the Distribution of Liquid Assets", American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics.


Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms consumption; MPC; excess sensitivity; mental accounts; fiscal stimulus
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      E21 Macroeconomics: Consumption; Saving; Wealth
      E62 Fiscal Policy
      E70 Macro-Based Behavioral Economics: General
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage United States
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 2014 – 2016
Collection Date(s):  View help for Collection Date(s) 2017 – 2024
Universe:  View help for Universe Bank account holders at a large US financial institution; representative surveys of US households
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) administrative records data; census/enumeration data; other; program source code; survey data
Collection Notes:  View help for Collection Notes Confidential data from a financial institution are not provided with these files. The files contain a description of how to access this datasets and the code used to process it (see README).

Methodology

Data Source:  View help for Data Source Congressional Budget Office; Consumer Expenditure Survey; Federal Reserve Economic Database; financial institution data; Internal Revenue Service; Survey of Consumer Payment Choice; Survey of Consumer Finances.
Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation individuals, households

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