01753cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF008350 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451875751 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Funke, Norbert. Stock Market Developments and Private Consumer Spending in Emerging Markets / Norbert Funke. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2002. 1 online resource (23 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students Using a panel of 16 emerging markets, the paper finds a small but statistically significant effect of stock market developments on private consumption spending. In the short run, a 10 percent decline in the annual real stock market return is associated with a reduction in real private consumption by around 0.1-0.3 percent on average. There is evidence that the link between stock market fluctuations and private consumption has become stronger during the 1990s as stock markets in emerging economies have broadened and deepened. However, there is no significant evidence that the influence is asymmetric. Stock price declines do not have a different impact on consumption than stock price increases. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2002/238 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2002/238/001.2002.issue-238-en.xml IMF e-Library