How much consumption insurance beyond self-insurance?

American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 53-87

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

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF MINNEAPOLIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 85017100341     PISSN: 19457707     EISSN: 19457715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/mac.2.4.53     Document Type: Article

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