Risk matters: The real effects of volatility shocks

American Economic Review

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2530-2561

  Fernández Villaverde, Jesús ^a   Guerrón Quintana, Pablo ^b   Rubio Ramírez, Juan F ^c,d   Uribe, Martin ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ATLANTA   (United States)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 80054904398     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.101.6.2530     Document Type: Article

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