Non-commitment and savings in dynamic risk-sharing contracts

Economic Theory

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 357-372

  Gobert, Karine ^a,b   Poitevin, Michel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b CIRANO ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dynamic contracts; Non commitment; Risk sharing; Savings

Indexed keywords

EID: 23344435079     PISSN: 09382259     EISSN: 14320479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00199-005-0624-7     Document Type: Article

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