Insuring and u‴(y)

Economics Letters

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 205-212

  Hartwick, John M ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Absolute risk aversion; E21; G22; Insurance; Precautionary saving

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033456421     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1765(99)00098-1     Document Type: Article

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