Ambiguity aversion and the absence of indexed debt

Economic Theory

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 665-685

  Mukerji, Sujoy ^a   Tallon, Jean Marc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

Author keywords

Ambiguity; Ambiguity aversion; Debt indexation

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642427074     PISSN: 09382259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00199-004-0505-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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