Income and wealth heterogeneity, portfolio choice, and equilibrium asset returns

Macroeconomic Dynamics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 387-422

  Krusell, Per ^a   Smith Jr , Anthony A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Equity Premium; Heterogeneity; Incomplete Markets; Market Price of Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031374315     PISSN: 13651005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1365100597003052     Document Type: Article

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