Learning about investment risk: The effects of structural uncertainty on dynamic investment and consumption

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 205-229

  Kumar, Praveen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

General equilibrium computation; Investment; Learning; Structural uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645869534     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.msea.2006.05.107     Document Type: Article

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