Are aggregate consumption relationships similar across the European Union?

Regional Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 17-26

  Carruth, Alan ^a   Gibson, Heather ^b   Tsakalotos, Euclid ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b BANK OF GREECE   (Greece)

^c ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Consumer spending; DHSY model; European union

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; EUROPEAN UNION; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; REGIONAL PATTERN;

EUROPE;

EID: 0032922949     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343409950118887     Document Type: Article

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