Equilibrium underdiversification and the preference for skewness

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1255-1288

  Mitton, Todd ^a,b   Vorkink, Keith ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34547801713     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/revfin/hhm011     Document Type: Article

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