Household balance sheets, consumption, and the economic slump

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1687-1726

  Mian, Atif ^a,b   Rao, Kamalesh ^a,b   Sufi, Amir ^a,b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DEBT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; HOUSING MARKET;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885790891     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qje/qjt020     Document Type: Article

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