Revealed Preference Analysis of Non-Cooperative Household Consumption

Economic Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 555, 2011, Pages 1073-1096

  Cherchye, Laurens ^a,b   Demuynck, Thomas ^b,c   Rock, Bram De ^d  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PUBLIC GOODS;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 80053050686     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2011.02432.x     Document Type: Article

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