Causal effects of health shocks on consumption and debt: Quasi-experimental evidence from bus accident injuries

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 673-681

  Mohanan, Manoj ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84885985970     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00262     Document Type: Article

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