Inattentive consumers

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1761-1800

  Reis, Ricardo ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bounded rationality; Consumption; Excess sensitivity; Excess smoothness; Hand to mouth consumers; Inattentiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750828079     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2006.03.001     Document Type: Article

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