CIRJE-F-327 | "International Consumption Patterns among High-income Countries: Evidence from the OECD data" |
Author Name | Konya, Istvan and Hiroshi Ohashi |
Date | March 2005 |
Full Paper | PDF file@ |
Remarks | Subsequently published in Review of International Economics, 2007, 15(4), 744-757. |
Abstract |
The paper analyzes product-level consumption patterns among countries in the
OECD in the period from 1985 to 1999. Estimation results
nd robust evidence of
strong convergence in cross-country consumption patterns. The paper also
nds
a relationship between openness and the cross-country consumption pattern. |
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