Productive consumption, the intertemporal consumption trade-off and growth

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1053-1068

  Steger, Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Efficiency of labor; Human capital; Intertemporal consumption trade off; Productive consumption; Transitional dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 10344264497     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1889(01)00009-4     Document Type: Article

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