Attitude towards risk, uncertainty, and fixed investment

North American Journal of Economics and Finance

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 59-75

  Bo, Hong ^a   Sterken, Elmer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fixed investment; Risk attitude; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847653839     PISSN: 10629408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.najef.2006.09.001     Document Type: Article

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