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• Καραγιάννης, Γιάννης
• Βελέντζας, Κώστας

In this paper using data form 1958 to 1989, the hypothesis of linear habit formation cannot be rejected, indicating that tastes have not been constant in Greece. Food exhibits inventory depletion effect; beverages and tobacco, footwear and clothing, settling and housing, and transportation and communication exhibit habit persistence. By accounting for habits, food becomes more sensitive to both prices and expenditure; while the opposite is true for settling and housing, and transportation and communication. On the other hand, beverages and tobacco, and clothing and footwear become more price responsive but less income sensitive when myopic formation is considered.

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