Risk preferences estimation for small raspberry producers in the Bío-Bío Region, Chile;Estimación de preferencias por riesgo para pequeños productores de frambuesa de la Región del Bío-Bío, Chile

Chilean Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 175-182

  Roger Toledo, T ^a   Alejandra Engler, P ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGROPECUARIAS   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Mean variance utility function; Production function; Risk aversion

Indexed keywords

RUBUS GLAUCUS; RUBUS IDAEUS;

EID: 70749158199     PISSN: 07185820     EISSN: 07185839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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