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American Economic Review

ISSN 0002-8282 (Print) | ISSN 1944-7981 (Online)

Consumption Disasters in the Twentieth Century

  • Robert J. Barro
  • Jose F. Ursua
American Economic Review
vol. 98, no. 2, May 2008
(pp. 58–63)
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Citation

Barro, Robert J., and Jose F. Ursua. 2008. "Consumption Disasters in the Twentieth Century." American Economic Review, 98 (2): 58–63. DOI: 10.1257/aer.98.2.58

JEL Classification

  • E20 Macroeconomics: Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment: General (includes Measurement and Data)
  • E21 Macroeconomics: Consumption; Saving; Wealth
  • E32 Business Fluctuations; Cycles
  • G12 Asset Pricing; Trading volume; Bond Interest Rates
  • N10 Economic History: Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Growth and Fluctuations: General, International, or Comparative
  • O40 Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity: General