Consumer spending and the economic stimulus payments of 2008

American Economic Review

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2530-2553

  Parker, Jonathan A ^a   Souleles, Nicholas S ^b   Johnson, David S ^c   McClelland, Robert ^d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c U S CENSUS BUREAU   (United States)

^d Macroeconomic Analysis Division   (United States)

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EID: 84885974204     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.103.6.2530     Document Type: Article

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