Estimation of production risk and risk preference function: A nonparametric approach

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 369-378

  Kumbhakar, Subal C ^a   Tsionas, Efthymios G ^b  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Kernel method; Production risk; Risk preference function; Risk premium

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949423180     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10479-008-0472-5     Document Type: Article

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