Formal and informal risk sharing in LDCs: Theory and empirical evidence

Econometrica

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 679-725

  Dubois, Pierre ^a   Jullien, Bruno ^a   Magnac, Thierry ^a  

^a TOULOUSE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

Author keywords

Contracts; Incomplete markets; Informal transfers; Risk sharing

Indexed keywords

EID: 47349108211     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: 14680262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0262.2008.00857.x     Document Type: Article

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