The psychological effect of weather on car purchases

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 371-414

  Busse, Meghan R ^a,b   Pope, Devin G ^b,c   Pope, Jaren C ^d   Silva Risso, Jorge ^e  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; WEATHER;

EID: 84924690287     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qje/qju033     Document Type: Article

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