Demography of risk aversion

Journal of Risk and Insurance

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-24

  Halek, Martin ^a   Eisenhauer, Joseph G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CANISIUS COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0039738138     PISSN: 00224367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2678130     Document Type: Article

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