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Robust Permanent Income and Pricing

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  • Lars Peter Hansen
  • Thomas J. Sargent
  • Thomas D. Tallarini

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"… I suppose there exists an extremely powerful, and, if I may so speak, malignant being, whose whole endeavours are directed toward deceiving me." Rene Descartes, Meditations, II.1

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  • Lars Peter Hansen & Thomas J. Sargent & Thomas D. Tallarini, 1999. "Robust Permanent Income and Pricing," The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd, vol. 66(4), pages 873-907.
  • Handle: RePEc:oup:restud:v:66:y:1999:i:4:p:873-907.
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