Household need for liquidity and the credit card debt puzzle

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1148-1177

  Telyukova, Irina A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Credit card debt; Precautionary demand for money

Indexed keywords

DEBT CRISIS; DEMAND ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; HETEROGENEITY; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MODEL TEST; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

UNITED STATES;

EPINEPHELUS PERPLEXUS;

EID: 84880749947     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: 1467937X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/restud/rdt001     Document Type: Article

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