Consumption and saving over the life cycle: How important are consumer durables?

Macroeconomic Dynamics

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 725-770

  Fernández Villaverde, Jesús ^a   Krueger, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer Durables; Consumption and Saving; Life Cycle

Indexed keywords

EID: 84655176524     PISSN: 13651005     EISSN: 14698056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1365100510000180     Document Type: Article

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