Precautionary saving and consumption fluctuations

American Economic Review

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1119-1143

  Parker, Jonathan A ^a   Preston, Bruce ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

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EID: 29544434555     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/0002828054825556     Document Type: Review

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