Status, risk-taking and intertemporal substitution in an endogenous growth model

Journal of Economics/ Zeitschrift fur Nationalokonomie

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 103-123

  Clemens, Christiane ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Non expected utility; Risk taking; Social status; Stochastic growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 11244292445     PISSN: 09318658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00712-004-0079-5     Document Type: Article

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