Gender differences in risk aversion and ambiguity aversion

Journal of the European Economic Association

Volumn 7, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 649-658

  Borghans, Lex ^a   Golsteyn, Bart H H ^a   Heckman, James J ^b   Meijers, Huub ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 70349471192     PISSN: 15424766     EISSN: 15424774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/JEEA.2009.7.2-3.649     Document Type: Article

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