Testing risk aversion and nonexpected utility theories

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 285-302

  Loehman, Edna ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonexpected utility; Risk aversion; Risk reference

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031617130     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-2681(97)00097-8     Document Type: Article

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