The demand for risky assets: Sample selection and household portfolios

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 117-144

  Perraudin, William R M ^a,b   Sørensen, Bent E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BANK OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer finances; Discrete continuous model; Incomplete portfolios; Logit model; Monitoring costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347318573     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4076(99)00069-X     Document Type: Article

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