Housing, portfolio choice and the macroeconomy

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2774-2801

  Silos, Pedro ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ATLANTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Business cycles; Heterogeneity; Life cycle

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347264901     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jedc.2006.09.009     Document Type: Article

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