Wealth accumulation over the life cycle and precautionary savings

Journal of Business and Economic Statistics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 339-353

  Cagetti, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Precautionary savings; Simulated method of moments

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042265052     PISSN: 07350015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/073500103288619007     Document Type: Article

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