The relative permanent income theory of consumption: A synthetic keynes-duesenberry-friedman model

Review of Political Economy

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-56

  Palley, Thomas I ^a  

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EID: 77951115522     PISSN: 09538259     EISSN: 14653982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09538250903391954     Document Type: Article

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