Status seeking in the small open economy

Journal of Macroeconomics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 209-232

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

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Austria)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Open economy dynamics; Relative wealth; Status seeking

Indexed keywords

EID: 19944409012     PISSN: 01640704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmacro.2004.01.001     Document Type: Article

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