Intertemporal nonseparability or borrowing restrictions? A disaggregate analysis using a U.S. consumption panel

Econometrica

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1151-1181

  Meghir, Costas ^a   Weber, Guglielmo ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Consumer demand; Consumption; Habits; Liquidity constraints; Panel data

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; CONSUMPTION RATES; FINANCIAL MARKET;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 0030354002     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2171960     Document Type: Article

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