Recursive utility, endogenous growth, and the welfare cost of volatility

Review of Economic Dynamics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 672-684

  Epaulard, Anne ^a   Pommeret, Aude ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Endogenous growth; Recursive utility; Risk; Welfare cost of fluctuations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038011589     PISSN: 10942025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1094-2025(03)00016-4     Document Type: Article

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