The timing of purchases and aggregate fluctuations

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1127-1151

  Leahy, John V ^a,b   Zeira, Joseph ^c,d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; CYCLICITY; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; PRICE DYNAMICS;

EID: 27744441245     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0034-6527.00364     Document Type: Article

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