Risk Aversion, Disappointment Aversion, and Futures Hedging

Journal of Futures Markets

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 123-141

  Lien, Donald ^a   Wang, Yaqin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 0036216829     PISSN: 02707314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fut.2210     Document Type: Article

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