Spendthrift in America? On two decades of decline in the U.S. saving rate

NBER Macroeconomics Annual

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 305-370

  Parker, Jonathan A ^a  

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EID: 0041724275     PISSN: 08893365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1162/08893360052471536     Document Type: Article

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