Regret avoidance and risk tolerance

Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-28

  Bailey, Jeffrey J ^a   Kinerson, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Personal financial behavior; Regret avoidance; Risk tolerance

Indexed keywords

EID: 64549137003     PISSN: 10523073     EISSN: 19477910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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