Saving and economic shocks in rural Pakistan

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 343-365

  Alderman, Harold ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumption smoothing; O16; Saving

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000043670     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3878(96)00419-1     Document Type: Article

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