Whom should we believe? Aggregation of heterogeneous beliefs

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 107-127

  Gollier, Christian ^a  

^a TOULOUSE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

Author keywords

Aggregation of beliefs; Asset pricing; Disagreement; Efficient risk sharing; Portfolio choices; State dependent utility

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848815608     PISSN: 08955646     EISSN: 15730476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11166-007-9021-x     Document Type: Article

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