Individual discounting and the purchase of durables with random lifetimes

DOI10.1016/0165-1765(94)00584-OMaRDI QIDQ673405zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Peter Kooreman

Publication date 28 February 1997

Published in Economics Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

durables with random lifetimes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Consumer behavior, demand theory (91B42)

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