U.S. inequality: Debt constraints or incomplete asset markets?

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 350-364

  Cordoba, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Debt constraints; Idiosyncratic risk; Incomplete markets; Inequality; Wealth distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 44249087917     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2007.11.007     Document Type: Article

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