The risk tolerance and stock ownership of business owning households

Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 3-18

  Wang, Cong ^a   Hanna, Sherman D ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business management; Business ownership; Risk tolerance; Stock ownership; Survey of consumer finances

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951169384     PISSN: 10523073     EISSN: 19477910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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