Investment Flexibility and the Acceptance of Risk

Journal of Economic Theory

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 219-241

  Gollier, Christian ^a   Lindsey, John ^b   Zeckhauser, Richard J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0005996153     PISSN: 00220531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jeth.1997.2300     Document Type: Article

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