A time varying parameter approach to the Chinese aggregate consumption function

Economics of Planning

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 185-203

  Song, Haiyan ^a   Liu, Xiaming ^a   Romilly, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumption Function; Permanent Income Hypothesis; Time Varying Parameter

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR; CONSUMPTION PATTERN; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC REFORM; MODELLING APPROACH; TIME VARYING PARAMETER;

CHINA;

EID: 0030391250     PISSN: 00130451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00683948     Document Type: Article

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