Beliefs, doubts and learning: Valuing macroeconomic risk

American Economic Review

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 1-30

  Hansen, Lars Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 34547307925     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.97.2.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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