Endogenous debt constraints in a life-cycle model with an application to social security

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3745-3759

  Andolfatto, David ^a,b   Gervais, Martin ^c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Debt constraints; Life cycle; Social security

Indexed keywords

EID: 53949102266     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jedc.2008.03.005     Document Type: Article

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