Testing for full insurance using exogenous information

Journal of Business and Economic Statistics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 387-397

  Ham, John C ^a   Jacobs, Kris ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Exogeneity assumptions; Full insurance; Risk sharing; Sectoral shocks

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034403631     PISSN: 07350015     EISSN: 15372707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07350015.2000.10524879     Document Type: Article

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