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Consumption versus asset smoothing

Testing the implications of poverty trap theory in Burkina Faso

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ID11888596
AuthorsM Carter (0000-0003-0960-9181, University of California, Davis), Michael R Carter, Travis J Lybbert (0000-0002-4905-4881, University of California, Davis, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume99
Issue2
Pages255-264
Publication date2012-02-14
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Development Economics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0304-3878 • E-ISSN: 1872-6089
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.jdeveco.2012.02.003
OpenAlexW2022921156
LanguageEN
Citations received57
References cited30

Asset (computer security · Business cycle · Consumption (sociology · Consumption smoothing · Econometrics · Economic growth · Economics · Macroeconomics · Microeconomics · Poverty · Poverty trap · Scrutiny · Smoothing · Sociology · Statistics · Agricultural risk and resilience · Computer Science · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Mathematics · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare

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