Individual consumption risk and the welfare cost of business cycles

American Economic Review

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1488-1506

  De Santis, Massimiliano ^a  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

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EID: 35348820688     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.97.4.1488     Document Type: Review

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