Risk tolerance in the present and the future: An experimental study

Managerial and Decision Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 401-412

  Noussair, Charles ^a   Wu, Ping ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 33749681335     PISSN: 01436570     EISSN: 10991468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mde.1278     Document Type: Article

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