Uninsured countercyclical risk: An aggregation result and application to optimal monetary policy

Journal of the European Economic Association

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1450-1474

  Braun, R Anton ^a   Nakajima, Tomoyuki ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ATLANTA   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84868610130     PISSN: 15424766     EISSN: 15424774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-4774.2012.01091.x     Document Type: Article

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