Liquidity constraints and consumer bankruptcy: Evidence from tax rebates

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 431-443

  Gross, Tal ^a,b   Notowidigdo, Matthew J ^b,c   Wang, Jialan ^d  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d Office of Research   (United States)

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EID: 84928186690     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00391     Document Type: Article

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