Do habits raise consumption growth?

Research in Economics

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 151-163

  Wendner, Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Habit formation; Multiplicative habits; Subtractive habits

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038685061     PISSN: 10909443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-9443(03)00018-8     Document Type: Article

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