A model of the consumption response to fiscal stimulus payments

Econometrica

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1199-1239

  Kaplan, Greg ^a,b,c   Violante, Giovanni L ^b,c,d  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IFS ^*  (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumption; Fiscal stimulus payments; Hand to mouth; Liquidity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904569399     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: 14680262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3982/ECTA10528     Document Type: Article

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