Greater downside risk aversion

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 267-277

  Keenan, Donald C ^a   Snow, Arthur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Downside risk; Labor supply; Portfolio choice; Prudence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036269368     PISSN: 08955646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015639619733     Document Type: Article

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