Social organization, status, and savings behavior

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-51

  Corneo, Giacomo ^a   Jeanne, Olivier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

Author keywords

Savings behavior; Social organization; Status

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002466570     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(98)00059-0     Document Type: Article

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