Consumption, income changes, and heterogeneity: Evidence from two fiscal stimulus programs

American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 84-106

  Misra, Kanishka ^a   Surico, Paolo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84907957791     PISSN: 19457707     EISSN: 19457715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/mac.6.4.84     Document Type: Article

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