Consumer durables and the marginal propensity to consume out of permanent income shocks

Research in Economics

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 319-341

  Padula, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Durable goods; Intertemporal substitution; Subjective expectations

Indexed keywords

EID: 8644235888     PISSN: 10909443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rie.2004.09.001     Document Type: Article

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