Consumption inequality and partial insurance

American Economic Review

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1887-1891

  Blundell, Richard ^a   Pistaferri, Luigi ^b   Preston, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 44149091631     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.98.5.1887     Document Type: Article

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