Optimal portfolio choice under loss aversion

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 973-987

  Berkelaar, Arjan B ^a   Kouwenberg, Roy ^b   Post, Thierry ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 11144352254     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/0034653043125167     Document Type: Review

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