Are computers at home a form of consumption or an investment? A longitudinal analysis for Japan

Japanese Economic Review

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-86

  Kawaguchi, Daiji ^a  

^a HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INVESTMENT; LABOR MARKET;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 33644766933     PISSN: 13524739     EISSN: 14685876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5876.2006.00314.x     Document Type: Article

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