Growth trends, cyclical fluctuations, and welfare with non-expected utility preferences

Economics Letters

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 387-392

  Pemberton, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disappointment aversion; Growth and cycles; Non expected utility; Recursive preferences; Representative agent models

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030306166     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-1765(95)00760-1     Document Type: Article

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