Cattle cycles, heterogeneous expectations and the age distribution of capital

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1977-2002

  Aadland, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Age distribution; Bounded rationality; Cattle cycles

Indexed keywords

EID: 2542473256     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jedc.2003.08.003     Document Type: Article

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