Measuring intertemporal substitution: The role of durable goods

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1078-1098

  Ogaki, Masao ^a   Reinhart, Carmen M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Economic theory; Elasticity; Methodology; Substitution

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC THEORY; ELASTICITY; METHODOLOGY; SUBSTITUTION;

EID: 0032469013     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/250040     Document Type: Article

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