New studies of business cycles and consumption tendencies reveal interesting and sometimes unexpected insights into consumption patterns. It appears that, while purchasing behaviour is obviously influenced by the overall economic environment, it is not merely a matter of more consumption in times of expansion, and less when the economy is contracting.

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RSM Discovery - Management Knowledge
Rotterdam School of Management (RSM), Erasmus University

van den Bergh, B. (2013). Business cycle fluctuations
and consumption behaviour. RSM Discovery - Management Knowledge, 14(2), 11–13. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1765/41650

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