Liquidity constraints, precautionary saving and aggregate consumption: An international comparison

Economic Modelling

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1151-1173

  Sarantis, Nicholas ^a   Stewart, Chris ^a  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumption; Liquidity constraints; OECD countries; Precautionary saving

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041864265     PISSN: 02649993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-9993(02)00080-9     Document Type: Article

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