Risk aversion and expected-utility theory: A calibration exercise

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 67-76

  Schechter, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Asset integration; Expected utility theory; Experiments; Paraguay; Risk aversion

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547425445     PISSN: 08955646     EISSN: 15730476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11166-007-9017-6     Document Type: Article

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