A leisurely reading of the life-cycle consumption data

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2305-2320

  Bullard, James ^a   Feigenbaum, James ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumption humps; Life cycle consumption and saving; Overlapping generations

Indexed keywords

EID: 36049037243     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2007.06.025     Document Type: Article

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