Solving consumption models with multiplicative habits

Economics Letters

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 67-77

  Carroll, Christopher D ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

D91; E21; Economic growth; Habit formation; O40; Relative consumption; Representative agent

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034385572     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1765(00)00223-8     Document Type: Article

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