Consumption adjustment to real interest rates: Intertemporal substitution revisited

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 293-320

  Hahm, Joon Ho ^a,b  

^a Korea Development Institute   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumption and saving; Intertemporal substitution; Real interest rate; Relative risk aversion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031992581     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1889(97)00053-5     Document Type: Article

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