Permanent income, current income, and consumption: Evidence from two panel data sets

Journal of Business and Economic Statistics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 81-90

  Lusardi, Annamaria ^a  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

Euler equations; Excess sensitivity; Method of moments

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030526068     PISSN: 07350015     EISSN: 15372707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07350015.1996.10524631     Document Type: Article

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