Parental net wealth and personal consumption

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 551-560

  Hrung, Warren B ^a  

^a Office of Tax Analysis   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumption; Intergenerational transfers; Mental accounts

Indexed keywords

EID: 3342980570     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2002.12.002     Document Type: Article

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