Idiosyncratic shocks and asset returns in the real-business-cycle model: An approximate analytical approach

Macroeconomic Dynamics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 295-320

  Cárceles Poveda, Eva ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical Solution; Asset Prices; Incomplete Markets; RBC Model

Indexed keywords

EID: 23944487784     PISSN: 13651005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1365100505040216     Document Type: Article

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