Habit formation and the gains from price stability

CESifo Economic Studies

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 373-384

  Atkin, David ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumption; Economic development; Health; Intertemporal consumer choice

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC THEORY; PRICE DETERMINATION; PRICE DYNAMICS;

EID: 84861773482     PISSN: 1610241X     EISSN: 16127501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cesifo/ifs019     Document Type: Article

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