Effects of mortality risk on risk-taking behavior

Economics Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-55

  Liu, Liqun ^a   Rettenmaier, Andrew J ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial risk; Mortality risk; State dependent utility function

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845472450     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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