General Equilibrium Models of Financial Systems: Theory and Measurement in Village Economies

Review of Economic Dynamics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 59-118

  Lim, Youngjae ^b   Townsend, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0012162343     PISSN: 10942025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/redy.1997.0003     Document Type: Article

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