A new method of estimating risk aversion

American Economic Review

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1821-1834

  Chetty, Raj ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 33847620803     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.96.5.1821     Document Type: Article

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