Conspicuous consumption, consumer debt and economic growth

Interactions in Analytical Political Economy: Theory, Policy, and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2019, Pages 155-178

  Dutt, Amitava Krishna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

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