Incomplete markets, labor supply and capital accumulation

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2621-2635

  Marcet, Albert ^a   Obiols Homs, Francesc ^b   Weil, Philippe ^c,d  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^d NBER ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Idiosyncratic shocks; Incomplete markets; Labor supply

Indexed keywords

EID: 36148935628     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2006.12.011     Document Type: Article

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