Risk sharing in private information models with asset accumulation: Explaining the excess smoothness of consumption

Econometrica

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1027-1068

  Attanasio, Orazio P ^a   Pavoni, Nicola ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Consumption; Excess smoothness; Hidden savings; Private information

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959902716     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: 14680262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3982/ECTA7063     Document Type: Article

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