Unique solutions for stochastic recursive utilities

Journal of Economic Theory

Volumn 145, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1776-1804

  Marinacci, Massimo ^a   Montrucchio, Luigi ^b  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Koopmans equations; Recursive utilities; Stochastic recursive utilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955924140     PISSN: 00220531     EISSN: 10957235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jet.2010.02.005     Document Type: Article

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