Household debt and income inequality, 1963-2003

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 929-965

  Iacoviello, Matteo ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Credit constraints; Household debt; Income inequality; Incomplete markets

Indexed keywords

EID: 47749134136     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-4616.2008.00142.x     Document Type: Article

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