Does financial deregulation cause a consumption boom?

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 579-601

  Agell, Jonas ^a   Berg, Lennart ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 0030521311     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3440885     Document Type: Article

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