Deconstructing life cycle expenditure

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 437-492

  Aguiar, Mark ^a   Hurst, Erik ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; MICROECONOMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 84879153355     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: 1537534X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/670740     Document Type: Article

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