Are durable goods consumers forward-looking? Evidence from college textbooks

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1853-1884

  Chevalier, Judith ^a   Goolsbee, Austan ^a  

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EID: 72449142134     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/qjec.2009.124.4.1853     Document Type: Article

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