Household expenditure and the income tax rebates of 2001

American Economic Review

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1589-1610

  Johnson, David S ^a   Parker, Jonathan A ^b   Souleles, Nicholas S ^c  

^a U S CENSUS BUREAU   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 33847617946     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.96.5.1589     Document Type: Review

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