Measuring changes in consumer confidence

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 255-275

  van Oest, Rutger ^a   Franses, Philip Hans ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

2220; 2240; B41; C42; C51; Consumer confidence; Markov modeling; Testing changes; Transition rates

Indexed keywords

EID: 43849087965     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2007.10.001     Document Type: Article

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