Household Money Holdings in the Euro Area: an explorative investigation

In this paper we analyse household holdings of the broad monetary aggregate M3 in the euro area from 1991 until 2009. Households are the largest money-holding sector in the euro area. We develop four models, two in nominal, two in real terms, with satisfactory economic and statistical properties....

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Main Authors: Franz Seitz, Julian von Landesberger
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Language:English
Published: University of Warsaw 2014-11-01
Series:Journal of Banking and Financial Economics
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Online Access:https://press.wz.uw.edu.pl/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1098&context=jbfe
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description In this paper we analyse household holdings of the broad monetary aggregate M3 in the euro area from 1991 until 2009. Households are the largest money-holding sector in the euro area. We develop four models, two in nominal, two in real terms, with satisfactory economic and statistical properties. The main determinants are a transactions variable, wealth considerations, opportunity costs and uncertainty. In particular housing wealth is found to play an important role. The models are robust to different estimation strategies, samples considered and a multitude of misspecification tests. According to our analysis, it is quite apparent that in equilibrium, households jointly determine consumption and broad money holdings which are both influenced by wealth as well as interest rates. The importance of household money holdings for consumption expenditures may cast doubt on a purely passive role for money.
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spelling doaj-art-4eb53b52f20d4e9cadb8b30cbd7f74122025-01-03T00:36:49ZengUniversity of WarsawJournal of Banking and Financial Economics2353-68452014-11-0120142(2)8311510.7172/2353-6845.jbfe.2014.2.4Household Money Holdings in the Euro Area: an explorative investigationFranz Seitz0Julian von Landesberger1Technical University of Applied Sciences Weiden, GermanyEuropean Central Bank, GermanyIn this paper we analyse household holdings of the broad monetary aggregate M3 in the euro area from 1991 until 2009. Households are the largest money-holding sector in the euro area. We develop four models, two in nominal, two in real terms, with satisfactory economic and statistical properties. The main determinants are a transactions variable, wealth considerations, opportunity costs and uncertainty. In particular housing wealth is found to play an important role. The models are robust to different estimation strategies, samples considered and a multitude of misspecification tests. According to our analysis, it is quite apparent that in equilibrium, households jointly determine consumption and broad money holdings which are both influenced by wealth as well as interest rates. The importance of household money holdings for consumption expenditures may cast doubt on a purely passive role for money.https://press.wz.uw.edu.pl/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1098&context=jbfemoney demandcointegrated varshouseholds
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