Financial wealth, consumption smoothing and income shocks arising from job loss

Economica

Volumn 72, Issue 287, 2005, Pages 431-452

  Bloemen, Hans G ^a   Stancanelli, Elena G F ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b OFCE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DEBT; EXPENDITURE; INCOME; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 27844602788     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: 14680335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-0427.2005.00424.x     Document Type: Article

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