Public versus private risk sharing

DOI10.1016/j.jet.2010.08.013zbMath1247.91121MaRDI QIDQ548244

Fabrizio Perri, Dirk Krueger

Publication date: 28 June 2011

Published in: Journal of Economic Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://www.nber.org/papers/w15582.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

incomplete markets; insurance; limited enforcement; progressive taxation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

91B64: Macroeconomic theory (monetary models, models of taxation)

91B24: Microeconomic theory (price theory and economic markets)

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