Status concerns and occupational choice under uncertainty

Advances in Theoretical Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Clemens, Christiane ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial risk taking; Occupational choice; Social status

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751047131     PISSN: 15345963     EISSN: 15345963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1534-5963.1255     Document Type: Article

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