Can mortality risk explain the consumption hump?

Journal of Macroeconomics - Tập 30 - Trang 844-872 - 2008
James Feigenbaum1
1Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh, 230 South Bouquet Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA

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Journal of Macroeconomics

Tập 30

844-872

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