Dynamics of consumer demand for new durable goods

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1173-1219

  Gowrisankaran, Gautam ^a   Rysman, Marc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ESTIMATION METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PANEL DATA; PRICE DYNAMICS;

EID: 84874680610     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: 1537534X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/669540     Document Type: Article

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