Financial innovation, precautionary saving and the risk-free rate

Journal of Mathematical Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 113-131

  Elul, Ronel ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial innovation; Incomplete markets; Precautionary saving

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031068642     PISSN: 03044068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-4068(95)00768-7     Document Type: Article

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