Precautionary Savings and the Permanent Income Hypothesis

DOI10.2307/2298062zbMath0775.90101OpenAlexW2083709635MaRDI QIDQ5289337

Philippe Weil

Publication date: 23 August 1993

Published in: The Review of Economic Studies (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/2298062

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Economic growth models (91B62) Stochastic systems in control theory (general) (93E03) Consumer behavior, demand theory (91B42)

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