Precautionary saving and social learning across generations: An experiment

Economic Journal

Volumn 113, Issue 490, 2003, Pages 920-947

  Ballinger, T Parker ^a   Palumbo, Michael G ^b   Wilcox, Nathaniel T ^c  

^a STEPHEN F AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; MODELING; SAVINGS BEHAVIOR; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0242275026     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0297.t01-1-00158     Document Type: Article

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