Relative Consumption, Economic Growth, and Taxation

Journal of Economics/ Zeitschrift fur Nationalokonomie

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 241-262

  Fisher, Walter H ^a   Hof, Franz X ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Austria)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Relative consumption; Social status

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346737558     PISSN: 09318658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01231266     Document Type: Article

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