Heterogeneity and Portfolio Choice: Theory and Evidence

Handbook of Financial Econometrics, Vol 1

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 337-382

  Curcuru, Stephanie ^a   Heaton, John ^b   Lucas, Deborah ^c   Moore, Damien ^d  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Macroeconomic Analysis Division   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-50897-3.50009-2     Document Type: Chapter

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