Identifying preferences under risk from discrete choices

American Economic Review

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 356-362

  Chiappori, Pierre André ^a   Gandhi, Amit ^b   Salanié, Bernard ^a   Salanié, Francois ^c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c TOULOUSE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

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EID: 73849143589     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.99.2.356     Document Type: Conference Paper

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