Entry costs and stock market participation over the life cycle

Review of Economic Dynamics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 588-611

  Alan, Sule ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Entry costs; Stock market; Structural estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749059966     PISSN: 10942025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.red.2006.06.003     Document Type: Article

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