Do households smooth expenditure over anticipated income changes? Evidence from bonus payments to public employees in Japan
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- Hori, Masahiro & Shimizutani, Satoshi, 2011. "Do Households Smooth Expenditure over Anticipated Income Changes? Evidence from Bonus Payments to Public Employees in Japan," CIS Discussion paper series 532, Center for Intergenerational Studies, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University.
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Keywords
Life cycle/permanent income hypothesis; Excess sensitivity; Bonus payments; Family income and expenditure survey; Japan;All these keywords.
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- E21 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Consumption; Saving; Wealth
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