More on properness: The case of mean-variance preferences

GENEVA Risk and Insurance Review

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 49-60

  Lajeri Chaherli, Fatma ^a  

^a KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Proper prudence; Proper risk aversion; Prudence; Risk aversion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347382275     PISSN: 1554964X     EISSN: 15549658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020681408308     Document Type: Article

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