Changes in consumption and saving behavior before and after economic shocks: Evidence from Zimbabwe

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 187-215

  Ersado, Lire ^a   Alderman, Harold ^a   Alwang, Jeffrey ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DROUGHT; ECONOMIC INSTABILITY; SAVINGS;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 1942443871     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/380136     Document Type: Article

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