Risk pooling, precautionary saving and consumption growth

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 757-779

  Banks, James ^a   Blundell, Richard ^a   Brugiavini, Agar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; RISK FACTOR; SAVINGS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0035657724     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-937X.00189     Document Type: Article

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