Liquidity constraints of the middle class

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2019, Pages 130-155

  Campbell, Jeffrey R ^a,b   Hercowitz, Zvi ^c,d  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 85070574906     PISSN: 19457731     EISSN: 1945774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/pol.20180070     Document Type: Article

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