Consumption Dynamics During Recessions

Econometrica

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 101-154

  Berger, David ^a   Vavra, Joseph ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumption; Durables; Fixed costs; Indirect inference; Nonlinear impulse response

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923054038     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: 14680262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3982/ECTA11254     Document Type: Article

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