Risk preferences heterogeneity: Evidence from asset markets

Review of Finance

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 277-290

  Kliger, Doron ^a   Levy, Ori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Preferences heterogeneity; Relative risk aversion; S P500 index options

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646497846     PISSN: 15723097     EISSN: 1573692X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1022069113893     Document Type: Article

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