Habit formation in consumption and its implicationsfor monetary-policy models

American Economic Review

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 367-390

  Fuhrer, Jeffrey C ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF BOSTON   (United States)

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EID: 0001332822     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.90.3.367     Document Type: Article

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