An empirical re-evaluation of wealth effect in Japanese household behavior

Japan and the World Economy

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 423-442

  Ogawa, Kazuo ^a   Kitasaka, Shin Ichi ^b   Yamaoka, Hiroshi ^c   Iwata, Yasuharu ^d  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Tokyo Densetsu Service Co   (Japan)

^d Economic Planning Agency   (Japan)

Author keywords

Life cycle permanent income hypothesis; Liquidity constraint; Panel data; Wealth effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030497166     PISSN: 09221425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0922-1425(96)00218-6     Document Type: Article

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