Superior information, income shocks, and the permanent income hypothesis

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 465-476

  Pistaferri, Luigi ^a  

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EID: 0035620586     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/00346530152480117     Document Type: Article

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