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...

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Main Authors: Luo, Yulei, Smith, William T., Zou, Heng-Fu
Format: Journal Article
Language:EN
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4733

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