Repeated optional gambles and risk aversion

Management Science

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1524-1530

  Gollier, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Dynamic Risk Taking; Properness; Repeated Gambles

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000667126     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.42.11.1524     Document Type: Article

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