Heterogeneous risk preferences and the welfare cost of business cycles

Review of Economic Dynamics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 761-780

  Schulhofer Wohl, Sam ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business cycles; Heterogeneity; Risk aversion; Risk sharing

Indexed keywords

EID: 52149098792     PISSN: 10942025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.red.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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