The nature of countercyclical income risk

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 621-660

  Guvenen, Fatih ^a   Ozkan, Serdar ^b   Song, Jae ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

^c SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS CYCLE; DATA SET; INCOME; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84902780121     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: 1537534X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/675535     Document Type: Article

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