The Income, Savings, and Monetary Overhang of Soviet Households

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 644-668

  Kim, Byung Yeon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Monetary overhang; Savings; Shortage; Soviet households

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001402051     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jcec.1999.1614     Document Type: Article

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