Incomplete information equilibria: Separation theorems and other myths

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 119-149

  Feldman, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asset pricing; Equilibrium; Incomplete information; Separation; State variables

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847263004     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10479-006-0119-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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