The intertemporal elasticity of substitution: An exploration using a US panel of state data

Economica

Volumn 63, Issue 251, 1996, Pages 495-512

  Beaudry, Paul ^a   Van Wincoop, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOUR; EULER EQUATION; INTERTEMPORAL ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; PANEL DATA;

USA;

EID: 0030404981     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2555019     Document Type: Article

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