A simple model of trading and pricing risky assets under ambiguity: Any lessons for policy-makers?

Applied Financial Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 105-135

  Guidolin, Massimo ^a,b   Rinaldi, Francesca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL CRISIS; FINANCIAL MARKET; FINANCIAL POLICY; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; INVESTMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLICY MAKING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 72149089596     PISSN: 09603107     EISSN: 14664305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603100903262939     Document Type: Article

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