Consumption insurance between Japanese households

Applied Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 791-800

  Kohara, Miki ^a  

^a NATIONAL GRADUATE INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INSURANCE SYSTEM;

JAPAN;

EID: 0035027021     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840121946     Document Type: Article

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