An experiment on risk taking and evaluation periods

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 631-645

  Gneezy, Uri ^a   Potters, Jan ^a  

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EID: 0039054523     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003355397555217     Document Type: Article

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