The response of household expenditure to anticipated income changes: Bonus payments and the seasonality of consumption in Japan

B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Hori, Masahiro ^a   Shimizutani, Satoshi ^b  

^a Cabinet Office   (Japan)

^b Institute for International Policy Studies   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bonus; Consumption smoothing; Life cycle permanent income hypothesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949159750     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1935-1690.1908     Document Type: Article

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