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Do consumers respond to future income shocks? Evidence from social security reform in Taiwan

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  • Levenson, Alec R., 1996. "Do consumers respond to future income shocks? Evidence from social security reform in Taiwan," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 62(3), pages 275-295, November.
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