Saving and income smoothing in côte d'ivoire

Journal of African Economies

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 1-24

  Deaton, Angus ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FARM HOUSEHOLD; FARMERS; HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS; INCOME SMOOTHING; INTER-TEMPORAL SMOOTHING; POLICY IMPLICATION; SAVING; SAVING DECISION;

IVORY COAST;

EID: 0026445831     PISSN: 09638024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jae.a036737     Document Type: Article

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