Consumption and risk sharing over the life cycle

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 609-633

  Storesletten, Kjetil ^a   Telmer, Christopher I ^b,d   Yaron, Amir ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Buffer stock savings; Consumption inequality; Risk sharing

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642603395     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2003.06.005     Document Type: Article

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