Consumption adjustment under time-varying income uncertainty

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 32-40

  Hahm, Joon Ho ^b   Steigerwald, Douglas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033458557     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003465399767923791     Document Type: Article

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