Risk aversion, wealth, and the DARA hypothesis: A new test

International Advances in Economic Research

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 46-53

  Eisenhauer, Joseph G ^a  

^a CANISIUS COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0039799724     PISSN: 10830898     EISSN: 1573966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02295000     Document Type: Article

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