Revisiting the welfare effects of eliminating business cycles

Review of Economic Dynamics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 393-404

  Krusell, Per ^a,b,c,d   Mukoyama, Toshihiko ^e,f   Şahin, Ayşegül ^g   Smith Jr , Anthony A ^h  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^f Canada H3A 2T7   (Canada)

^g FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^h YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost of business cycles; Heterogeneity; Incomplete markets

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349089582     PISSN: 10942025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.red.2009.01.002     Document Type: Article

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