A Debt Puzzle

Knowledge, Information, and Expectations in Modern Macroeconomics: In Honor of Edmund S. Phelps

Volumn , Issue , 2021, Pages 228-266

  Laibson, David ^a   Repetto, Andrea ^b   Tobacman, Jeremy ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

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