College tuition and household savings and consumption

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 185-207

  Souleles, Nicholas S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

College tuition; Consumption smoothing; E21; Educational finance; Excess sensitivity; I22; Life Cycle Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009363213     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(99)00068-7     Document Type: Article

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