Intertemporal consumption and credit constraints: Does total expenditure respond to an exogenous shock to credit?

American Economic Review

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1080-1103

  Leth Petersen, Søren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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EID: 77956122852     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.100.3.1080     Document Type: Article

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