Fickle consumers, durable goods, and business cycles

Journal of Economic Theory

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-57

  Weder, Mark ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 0001906903     PISSN: 00220531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jeth.1998.2413     Document Type: Article

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