Efficient Intra-household Allocations: A General Characterization and Empirical Tests

Econometrica

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1241-1278

  Browning, M ^a   Chiappori, P A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Collective model; Household bargaining; Intra household allocation; Slutsky matrix

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000185595     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2999616     Document Type: Article

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