Precautionary savings and self-selection: Evidence from the German reunification "Experiment"

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1085-1120

  Fuchs Schündeln, Nicola ^a   Schündeln, Matthias ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 26444495483     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003355305774268183     Document Type: Review

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