Irreversibility, uncertainty and growth

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1733-1756

  Jamet, Stéphanie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

^b DARES   (France)

Author keywords

Gibrat's law; Heterogeneous agents; Idiosyncratic uncertainty; Irreversible investment

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542609923     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jedc.2003.04.006     Document Type: Article

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