Liquidity, economic activity, and mortality

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 400-418

  Evans, William N ^a   Moore, Timothy J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 84874394427     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00184     Document Type: Article

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