Precautionary savings and wealth distribution under habit formation preferences

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1257-1291

  Díaz, Antonia ^a   Pijoan Mas, Josep ^b   Ríos Rull, José Victor ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CEMFI   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Habit formation; Precautionary savings; Wealth distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141576735     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3932(03)00078-3     Document Type: Article

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