The macroeconomic effects of housing wealth, housing finance, and limited risk sharing in general equilibrium

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 140-223

  Favilukis, Jack ^a   Ludvigson, Sydney C ^b   Van Nieuwerburgh, Stijn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; HOUSING FINANCE; HOUSING MARKET; INTEREST RATE; MACROECONOMICS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 85009963966     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: 1537534X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/689606     Document Type: Article

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