The dynamic effects of permanent and transitory labor income on consumption

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 371-387

  Falk, Barry ^a   Lee, Bong Soo ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumption; E21; Permanent income hypothesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011203142     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3932(97)00077-9     Document Type: Article

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