The decline in household saving and the wealth effect

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 20-27

  Thomas Juster, F ^a   Lupton, Joseph P ^b   Smith, James P ^c   Stafford, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

^c RAND   (United States)

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EID: 32544451418     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003465306775565800     Document Type: Article

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