Asset bubbles and the cost of economic fluctuations

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 43, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 233-260

  Chauvin, Kyle ^a   Laibson, David ^a   Mollerstrom, Johanna ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asset bubbles; E2; E3; Fluctuations; G1; Heterogeneity; Welfare costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960651886     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: 15384616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-4616.2011.00416.x     Document Type: Article

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