Do the Russians really save that much? - Alternate estimates from the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 694-703

  Gregory, Paul R ^c   Mokhtari, Manouchehr ^b   Schrettl, Wolfram ^a  

^a DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 0039530592     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003465399558418     Document Type: Article

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