Intertemporal consumption choices, transaction costs and limited participation in financial markets: Reconciling data and theory

Journal of Applied Econometrics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 322-343

  Attanasio, Orazio P ^a,b,c   Paiella, Monica ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

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EID: 79951788712     PISSN: 08837252     EISSN: 10991255     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jae.1154     Document Type: Article

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