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Testing the intertemporal substitution hypothesis: The impact of income uncertainty on savings

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Apergis, N., Katrakilidis, C. Testing the intertemporal substitution hypothesis: The impact of income uncertainty on savings. Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv 137, 537–548 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02707630

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