Consumption smoothing and the structure of risk and time preferences: Theory and evidence from village India

Hitotsubashi Journal of Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 103-117

  Kurosaki, Takashi ^a  

^a HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Consumption smoothing; Discount rates; Insurance; Risk attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035567459     PISSN: 0018280X     EISSN: 2436097X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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