Market frictions, savings behavior, and portfolio choice

Macroeconomic Dynamics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 76-101

  Heaton, John ^a   Lucas, Deborah ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Market Frictions; Portfolio Choice; Portfolio Management; Savings Behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031350833     PISSN: 13651005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1365100597002034     Document Type: Article

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