Are our data relevant to the theory? The case of aggregate consumption

Journal of Business and Economic Statistics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 52-61

  Slesnick, Daniel T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cointegration; Intertemporal elasticity of substitution; Intertemporal optimization; Personal consumption expenditures

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032341253     PISSN: 07350015     EISSN: 15372707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07350015.1998.10524734     Document Type: Article

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