Social security reform with uninsurable income risk and endogenous borrowing constraints

Review of Economic Dynamics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 83-103

  Rojas, Juan A ^a   Urrutia, Carlos ^b  

^a BANCO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO AUTÓNOMO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Endogenous borrowing constraints; Equilibrium default; Heterogeneous agents; Incomplete markets; Social security

Indexed keywords

EID: 36849013508     PISSN: 10942025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.red.2007.04.007     Document Type: Article

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