Ramsey meets Laibson in the neoclassical growth model

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1125-1152

  Barro, Robert J ^a  

^a NONE

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EID: 0039130984     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003355399556232     Document Type: Article

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