Consumption and income inequality and the great recession

American Economic Review

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 178-183

  Meyer, Bruce D ^a   Sullivan, James X ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

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EID: 84879118533     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.103.3.178     Document Type: Conference Paper

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