A retrospective on Friedman's theory of permanent income

Economic Journal

Volumn 114, Issue 496, 2004, Pages

  Meghir, Costas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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ECONOMICS; INCOME; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 2942547257     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2004.00223.x     Document Type: Article

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