Assessing the accuracy of the aggregate law of motion in models with heterogeneous agents

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 79-99

  Den Haan, Wouter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Approximations; Numerical solutions; Simulations

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350337158     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jedc.2008.12.009     Document Type: Article

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