Understanding consumption smoothing: Evidence from the U.S. consumer expenditure data

Journal of the European Economic Association

Volumn 3, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 340-349

  Krueger, Dirk ^a,b   Perri, Fabrizio ^c,d  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF MINNEAPOLIS   (United States)

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EID: 77957292679     PISSN: 15424766     EISSN: 15424774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jeea.2005.3.2-3.340     Document Type: Article

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