Can a representative-agent model represent a heterogeneous-agent economy

American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 29-54

  An, Sungbae ^a   Chang, Yongsung ^b,c   Kim, Sun Bin ^d  

^a SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^d Korea University   (South Korea)

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EID: 85017109453     PISSN: 19457707     EISSN: 19457715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/mac.1.2.29     Document Type: Article

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