The Spirit of Capitalism, Precautionary Savings, and Consumption
Recent research has shown that the "spirit of capitalism"--a preference for wealth itself, in addition to consumption--has important implications for growth and asset pricing. This paper explores how the spirit of capitalism affects saving and consumption behavior. We demonstrate that the...
Main Authors: | Luo, Yulei, Smith, William T., Zou, Heng-Fu |
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Format: | Journal Article |
Language: | EN |
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2012
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4733 |
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