Consumption and saving: Models of intertemporal allocation and their implications for public policy

Journal of Economic Literature

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 693-751

  Attanasio, Orazio P ^a   Weber, Guglielmo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

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DOI: 10.1257/jel.48.3.693     Document Type: Article

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