Using home maintenance and repairs to smooth variable earnings

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 736-747

  Gyourko, Joseph ^a   Tracy, Joseph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 33750918482     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/rest.88.4.736     Document Type: Article

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