Consumption and health

Contributions to Macroeconomics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Domeij, David ^a   Johannesson, Magnus ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Consumption; Health; Savings

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750178048     PISSN: 15346005     EISSN: 15346005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1534-6005.1314     Document Type: Article

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