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Eastern Economic Journal (2007) 33,257–275. doi:10.1057/eej.2007.20

Reconciling Consumer Confidence and Permanent Income Consumption

KH McIntyre

1McDaniel College

Correspondence: KH McIntyre, Department of Economics and Business Administration, McDaniel College, 2 College Hill, Westminster, MD 21157. E-mail: www.mcintyre@mcdaniel.edu.

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