A good sign for multivariate risk taking

Management Science

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 117-124

  Eeckhoudt, Louis ^a,b   Rey, Béatrice ^c   Schlesinger, Harris ^d  

^a Facultes Universitaires Catholiques de Mons   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Correlation aversion; Multivariate risk; Prudence; Risk aversion; Temperance

Indexed keywords

LOTTERIES; PRUDENCE; RISK TAKING; TEMPERANCE;

CORRELATION METHODS; DECISION MAKING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33847047234     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1060.0606     Document Type: Article

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