More on parametric characterizations of risk aversion and prudence

Economic Theory

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 895-900

  Eichner, Thomas ^a   Wagener, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Prudence; Risk aversion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037791850     PISSN: 09382259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00199-001-0247-6     Document Type: Article

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