Decreasing relative risk aversion and tests of risk sharing

Econometrica

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 515-526

  Ogaki, Masao ^a   Zhang, Qiang ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000530510     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0262.00201     Document Type: Article

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