Liquidity and insurance for the unemployed

American Economic Review

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1922-1942

  Shimer, Robert ^a   Werning, Iván ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 58149270787     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.98.5.1922     Document Type: Article

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