Is risk-aversion hereditary?

Journal of Mathematical Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 157-168

  Levy, Moshe ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Heredity; Pareto; Risk aversion; Wealth distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 13844294189     PISSN: 03044068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmateco.2004.02.001     Document Type: Article

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